In July, the Gainesville City Commission voted to give $2.7 million for a piping project by the St. Johns River Water Management District. Mayor Lauren Poe said the city was happy to participate.

Over the past decade, local farms have been pumping the aquifer near Silver Springs State Park to irrigate their crops. This pumping of the aquifer has been a controversial topic between not only ...

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Everyone living in and visiting Florida has an “aquifer footprint.” Your aquifer footprint is measured by the amount of groundwater you use and your individual contribution of nitrate-nitrogen to the ...

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One expert points to conservation, treated wastewater and seawater desalination as potential solutions for securing the ...

In the most divisive controversy in years over aquifer waters, Florida authorities have reversed their previous opposition to an irrigation permit sought for a cattle operation near the ailing Silver ...

Florida, famously known as the Sunshine State, might better be called the Water State: In addition to being surrounded by water on three sides and crossed by nearly 26,000 miles of rivers, the ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ” The Hot Springs Lodge and Pool has proposed a city ordinance to protect against possible damage to the area’s geothermal aquifer. The ordinance would require permitting for ...