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Florida BMP Program: Water Quality Protection & Conservation

Learn about Florida's Best Management Practices Program for agriculture, focusing on water quality improvement and environmental protection. Understand how BMPs are determined and monitored for compliance.

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Florida BMP Program: Water Quality Protection & Conservation

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  1. Florida Department ofAgriculture and ConsumerServices Agricultural Best Management Practices (BMP) Program Blue-Green Algae Task Force June 12,2019

  2. What areBMPs? Management Strategies, Tools andPractices Improve water quality, conserve water and protect theenvironment

  3. BMPManuals Coming Soon! Florida SmallFarms PracticeCategories: Nutrient Management Irrigation Management Water ResourceProtection

  4. How Are Site-Specific BMPsDetermined? • Site - specific evaluation tailored to the features of individualproperties • Soil types • Slope • Waterfeatures • Size ofproperty • Existing infrastructure, i.e.irrigation • Technological ability ofproducer • Cost share available to assist withimplementation

  5. How Do We Know That Agricultural ProducersAre FollowingBMPs? • Required by Rule 5M-1F.A.C. • Annual Certification –electronic and/or staffassisted • Implementation Verification Site Visit – Performed year round through field staff sitevisits • In the NEEPA and in any other adopted BMAP, agricultural producers must either implement appropriate BMPs or monitor their water quality to prove that they meet state water qualitystandards. • FDACS has referred landowners to the FDEP for enforcement of the water quality monitoringprovision.

  6. ThankYou! http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions- Offices/Agricultural-Water-Policy Bonnie Wolff Pelaez Program PlanningCoordinator (850)688-0833 Bonnie.WolffPelaez@FreshFromFlorida.com

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