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City of Orlando'sFlorida LAKEWATCH
The most exciting aspect of Florida LAKEWATCH is how widespread the benefits reach!
The
City of Orlando benefits from the Florida LAKEWATCH program by receiving
monthly data on the lakes enrolled. The
resulting data is used in the City's annual Lake
Water Quality Report. A
citizen contact person on a specific lake can assist the City with
distributing information to the local residents.
That contact person can also act as a "watchdog" for
their lake, notifying the City's Stormwater Division of any events that occur which may be harmful to the lake.
The
University of Florida benefits from the City because it has a local sample
collection site and a trainer who teaches the volunteers the required
techniques of collecting lake water samples.
They benefit from the volunteers by having additional data on some
of Central Florida’s lakes.
The most important beneficiaries are the citizen volunteers. They learn about their lake's natural life cycle and become more aware of what affects their lake's water quality. They also receive quarterly and annual test results from the University of Florida, keeping them informed about the quality trend of their lake. The volunteers are welcome to discuss any concerns or questions about their lake with environmental professionals at either the University of Florida or the City of Orlando. How do volunteers get started in the Florida LAKEWATCH program? If you have lake access; a boat, canoe, or other watercraft; and can dedicate a few hours per month to collect and prepare water samples for the LakeWatch monitoring program, please contact the City of Orlando's LakeWatch Volunteer Coordinator, Katie Kulbaba, at 407-246-2125 x 17 or email. We wish to thank the LAKEWATCH volunteers, past and present, for their dedicated effort. Key Names and Phone Numbers: (Click on name to send an email)
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