Why Our Springs Are Dying
It may not be an over-simplification to reiterate that the main causes of our dying springs have been known for decades: too much pumping from the aquifer and too much fertilizer. The state refuses to […]
This Could Happen In Florida
Florida is on its way to this crisis because of over-pumping and non-existent water discipline. Thanks to Joanne Tremblay for this link. Read the original article here in the Guardian. Comments by OSFR historian Jim […]
This Week on the Santa Fe: Minimum Flow Levels and Waters Journey
2. Movie Night, Friday, July 25 @ 6:00 p.m. at the Florida Springs Welcome Center – 18645 High Springs Main Street, High Springs showing of Waters Journey: Hidden Rivers of Florida. The film follows divers […]
The Cost of Technology
The story in Florida is much the same: big corporation damages water supply and big corporation denies and denies. Sometimes in Florida the DEP denies along with the big corporation. Also familiar is the fact […]
Water Transfer Ready
The water levels of the lakes in the region did not drop because of “neglect, abuse and mismanagement. ” They dropped because JAE of Jacksonville pumped too much water from the aquifer. OSFR has […]
Article Misses Main Point
Articles like these are extremely frustrating because they leave out the most important information: the preventable causes which our state chooses to ignore. Instead, they spend millions on treating symptoms. Not to say that […]
Sinking Cities (And Dying Springs)
One of the main causes of the slow death of Florida’s springs and rivers is over-pumping of ground water. This reduces the flow of water, which allows for growth of toxic algae, among other things. […]
Judge Early Continues to Rule Against Springs
Long-time readers of this newsletter surely remember the infamous judge who helped destroy Silver Spring, E. Gary Early. One of his nonsensical “reasons” for allowing destructive pumping from the spring was that the water was […]
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