But Florida never really dries out, and water gradually erodes the porous limestone to form cracks, passages, and vast underground spaces that fill with rain. This is the Floridan aquifer ...

Understanding how water flows through Florida's aquifer is integral to maintaining ... owing in large part to the existence of karst (limestone filled with holes) below the surface.

with a significant portion beneath Florida's surface. Often mistaken as an underground pool of water, the aquifer is more like an underground sponge: porous limestone rock that holds freshwater.

Actually, what's beneath our feet is called karst — a landscape made of limestone ... Much of Florida's water for drinking and sprinkling comes from its aquifer. Because it lies deep in the ...

A boom in housing construction has led central Florida's water management district to issue more permits allowing groundwater withdrawals. So much water is now being pumped from the aquifer that ...

Environmentalists warn that increasing saltwater seepage into this vital limestone ... Here in South Florida, that's alarming because of our dependency on the Biscayne Aquifer for our water ...

reveals pollution expressway The limestone bedrock is riddled with sinkholes that open to below ground caverns and caves where surface and ground water are mixed into the aquifer and then reemerge ...

In South Florida, drinking water comes from the Everglades ... Rain falling in the Everglades percolates through the porous limestone and recharges the Biscayne Aquifer, which supplies drinking water ...

A slow-moving plume of hypersaline, potentially radioactive water from Florida Power & Light's (FPL) Turkey Point nuclear ...

But here’s a brief rundown: Florida springs are made of mostly limestone — which has lots of holes and is very easy to permeate. These springs are connected to the Floridan Aquifer — where ...

Geologically, Florida’s land is made up of porous limestone, a key part of the state’s drinking water system, the Florida aquifer system. When water like rain flows through the porous ...