Field study · Use case 5 of 8
Baseline water quality testing for a small city
A city of 352 had no research budget. We brought 15 years of data, new samples and a film.
Everglades City, Florida
The project
The problem
Locals have noticed fewer fish, less seagrass and oyster die-off, but the city had little recent data to back its grant applications.
What the data showed
Oxygen runs lowest in the canals by town: a median of 4.3 milligrams per liter at the Plantation Parkway canal and 3.1 in the SR 29 canal, against 5.5 to 5.7 in Chokoloskee Bay.
- Where
- Everglades City, Florida
- Scale
- 4 sites sampled; 52,445 results from 66 stations, 2010 to 2025
- What we provided
- Field sampling, a 15-year data review and a short film for residents
Who helped shape this concept
- Everglades City staff Helped choose sampling sites around town, Chokoloskee and Plantation Island
- C-HAWQ field science team Sampled four sites and reviewed 15 years of public data
- C-HAWQ technical advisors Reviewed the data analysis
See it
The film, photos and maps
Filmed on our October 1 sampling day.
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Sampling from a dock on October 1. -
Walking city leaders through the readings. -
Dead-end canals on Plantation Island, one of the sampling areas.
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How we got here
Where the project stands in our proven process
- 1. Discovery Done
City staff invited us in and helped choose sampling sites around town, Chokoloskee and Plantation Island.
- 2. Development Done
Reviewed 52,445 public results from 66 stations and sampled four sites on October 1.
- 3. Mobilization Done
Filmed the field day for residents and walked city staff through the results.
- 4. Close Next
We prepare a proposal the city can use to request and solicit the work, plus partners to design, build, fund and research it.
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