Case study : the Seminole Tribe of Florida uses water quality standards to solve a nutrient problem.

The tribe determined high nutrient levels from large scale agriculture and tribal activities were disrupting aquatic ecology on the Big Cypress reservation. Five years after instituting water quality standards the tribe began to measure decreases in nutrients entering the waters.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, [2003]
Subjects:	Nutrient pollution of water > Florida > Big Cypress Reservation > Case studies. Water quality management > Florida > Big Cypress Reservation > Case studies. Water quality > Standards > Florida > Big Cypress Reservation > Case studies. Big Cypress Reservation (Fla.) > Environmental conditions > Case studies.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS92415

Description
Summary:	The tribe determined high nutrient levels from large scale agriculture and tribal activities were disrupting aquatic ecology on the Big Cypress reservation. Five years after instituting water quality standards the tribe began to measure decreases in nutrients entering the waters.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 25, 2007). "April 15, 2003"--Agency web site. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	2 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:	Mode of access: Internet from the EPA web site. Address as of 3/26/08: http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/tribes/files/seminole.pdf ; current access available via PURL.