Florida Lakewatch

The Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences of the University of Florida provides faculty, staff and laboratory support to more than 1,800 volunteers.

Reliable water chemistry data has been collected from more than 1,000 lakes from at least fifty counties.

Florida Lakewatch works directly with citizens who live on or use lakes, rivers or waterways and are willing to participate in a long-term monitoring effort.

These volunteers must have access to a boat, since much of the data collection must be done away from lake shores.

[7][8][9] Florida Lakewatch provides a variety of items useful to those interested in lakes.