eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 1004.49. Florida LAKEWATCH Program.  


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  • 1The Florida LAKEWATCH Program is hereby created within the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida. The purpose of the program is to provide public education and training with respect to the water quality of Florida’s lakes. The Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture may, in implementing the LAKEWATCH program:
    61(1) 62Train, supervise, and coordinate volunteers to collect water quality data from Florida’s lakes.
    75(2) 76Compile the data collected by volunteers.
    82(3) 83Disseminate information to the public about the LAKEWATCH program.
    92(4) 93Provide or loan equipment to volunteers in the program.
    102(5) 103Perform other functions as may be necessary or beneficial in coordinating the LAKEWATCH program.

    117Data collected and compiled shall be used to establish trends and provide general background information and shall in no instance be used in a regulatory proceeding.

History.-s. 196, ch. 2002-387.

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