LagoonWATCH
Lagoon
WATCH
CITIZENS + SCIENCE
Water Quality Monitors:
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Monitoring Sites
years of data
data reports
Keeping Tabs on the Lagoon
LagoonWATCH is MRC’s signature citizen scientist water quality monitoring program for the Indian River Lagoon. For more than 30 years we have trained and equipped hundreds of volunteer monitors to collect weekly data on a dozen water quality parameters (including pH, salinity, and dissolved oxygen levels) of the Lagoon’s waters. Monitoring locations cover the entire expanse of the Lagoon from New Smyrna Beach in the north to Jupiter Inlet in the south.
We continue to look for new monitors and new locations at which to monitor. Please contact us if you would like to help us better understand the complexities of the Indian River Lagoon.
Click here for a complete LagoonWATCH project description.
Active LagoonWATCH Sites
The LagoonWATCH Sites Map shows our current monitoring locations. Our long-term goal is to have monitors at regular intervals along the eastern and western shorelines of both the Indian and Banana Rivers.
Active LagoonWATCH Sites
The LagoonWATCH Sites Map shows our current monitoring locations. Our long-term goal is to have monitors at regular intervals along the eastern and western shorelines of both the Indian and Banana Rivers.
Water Quality Data
Select a monthly report below to download a data file that can be viewed in Microsoft Excel® or other spreadsheet program.
To obtain copies of the historic (1991–2017) LagoonWATCH data, please contact the LagoonWATCH Coordinator at kara@mrcirl.org.
Water Quality Data Reports
LagoonWATCH 2024 Reports
LagoonWATCH 2023 Reports
LagoonWATCH 2022 Reports
LagoonWATCH 2020 Reports
LagoonWATCH 2019 Reports
MRC + Surfrider
MRC is working with the Space Coast chapter of Surfrider’s Blue Water Task Force to test local waters for enterobacteria, an indicator used by the State of Florida to assess the health of recreational waters.
Samples are collected twice monthly and the results are currently being reported on the Blue Water Task Force’s website. Follow this link to see the locations being monitored and the results: bwtf.surfrider.org/.
A Big Thank You
Special thanks to Blue Siren, Inc., developer of portable and in-situ environmental monitoring systems worldwide.
Blue Siren donated and hosts their online ZiScape™ data reporting program used by our LagoonWATCH monitors to add to the longest running and largest citizen scientist database on the water quality of the Indian River Lagoon.
