Florida was granted with fertile soils and a plenty of lakes and rivers that made this sunshine state a traditionally agricultural region. For many years these abundant natural recourses were exploited by population for their usefulness. Now, in the era of conservation, people recognized how limited these recourses are and seek the ways to preserve and restore them.

The main goals of this project are:

• to explore issues of the water quality degrading as a consequence of traditional and not sustainable methods used in agricultural practices, and

• to develop and demonstrate  new Water Quality Best Management Practices For Beef Cattle Ranching that will not adversely impact the environment and help to protect and enhance Florida's sensitive natural resources and restore the state's water quality, while sustaining economically viable and compatible agricultural industry.

This mission is accomplished by conducting relevant research and educational programs in the biological, environmental and agro-economical sciences focused in water quality and BMP methods development.

Another part of this project is to provide research-based knowledge and educational programs that enable farmers and other people to make practical decisions to improve their quality of life. 

This project comprises the following stages:

• Collecting data from fields using the flumes;

• Transmitting data through telemetry devices and database maintaining;

• Analyzing data, defining nitrogen and phosphorus contamination;

• Developing decisions and solutions for the water issues and problems.