Table EIR 15. Geographic areas considered by the Florida Department of Environ- 

 mental Regulation as having the greatest potential for agricultural non-point 

 water quality problems . (Florida Department of Environmental Regulation 

 1979a) . 



County 



Agricultural activities 



Charlotte 



Collier 



DeSoto 



Hi 1 Isborough 



Lee 



Manatee 



Monroe 



Pasco 



Pinellas 



Sarasota 



No great potent i 

 No great potenti 

 No great potenti 

 Citrus, poultry, 

 No great potenti 

 No great potenti 

 No great potenti 

 Citrus, poultry. 

 No great potenti 

 No great potential 



al 

 al 

 al 



cattle, vegetables, dairy 

 al 

 al 

 al 



cattle, vegetables, dairy 

 al 



Potential problem determination is based upon these variables: 

 1) fertilizer loading density, 2) pesticide loading density, 3) animal unit 

 density, 4) amount of sediment delivered to streams. 



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