Florida Department of Health: Time-specific, swimming advisories. Ongoing, long-term trends. Testing has been bi-monthly since 2000.
Florida International University: Ongoing, long-term testing every 15 minutes since 2023 for water quality for specific data affecting water quality.
City of Key West: Testing bi-monthly for dissolved oxygen, enterococcus, and general for over 20 years.
City of Key West: Testing quarterly at City-owned Marinas and compliance monitoring for submerged land lease at 22 Sites: KW Bight (8), Garrison Bight (10), Ferry Terminal (4). Contractual monitoring began in December 2011; City staff monitored before 2011.
City of Key West: Testing annually for oil and grease, arsenic, lead, zinc, copper, chromium, and other items.
City of Key West: Bi-annual testing for over 30 years for hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, nitrate, and phosphorus. Long-term testing of groundwater wells in and around the landfill on Mount Trashmore.
Short-Term Water Quality Research near Key West
College of the Florida Keys: 2024-2025 Testing frequencies varies. EPA Grant Partnership #1: Key West Harbor. To create a measurement field that captures any disturbances to the baseline water quality conditions between the Key West Harbor and ship channel and Eastern Dry Rocks to determine connectivity of the waters between them.
College of the Florida Keys: Monthly testing for Oxybenzone, Sucralose, Ammonia, Phosphorus at Ft. Zach Southernmost Point, Smathers & Higgs.
Mote: Monthly Testing and one post-storm annually. Access the effectiveness of coral restoration sites, eleven coral restoration sites in total, two near Key West.
NOAA: Testing every 6 weeks between 2025-2027. Resolve linkages between water quality and the microbiome, from the open ocean to nearshore areas (within 25 m from the coast).•Characterize spatial and temporal patterns in water quality, microbial assemblages, and lower trophic level biodiversity in the region. Identify hotspots of poor water quality conditions suitable for exposure to pathogenic bacteria. Examine relationships between water quality, microbiome, plankton diversity, and benthic habitat health indicators within the study domain.