Even though the State of Florida is mandated by law to restore our springs, it refuses to do so. Thanks to the Florida Springs Council for this great explanation of what our non-leaders in Florida […]
Although the article emphasizes lead in the water, the bill also includes the green algae which plague the Santa Fe River. Algae proliferate due to excess nitrates from fertilizer and septic tanks, exacerbated by reduced […]
The following video is from the Florida Springs Council. It depicts the heartbreaking scene of reality of North Florida Springs. I began diving these springs in 1977 and I can attest that this was not […]
Read the original article here in the Invading Sea. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot be brought back © Jim Tatum Saltwater intrusion […]
Co-author Sachi feeling incipient spring in the Santa Fe River. Thanks to Merrillee for the photo and timely poetry: “Dipping her finger into one of the tiniest of freshwater springs of the Santa Fe River […]
Arlene Slocombe of the organization Water Watchers in Ontario has written the following to OSFR’s advisor Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, who has international ties to Canadian groups fighting water bottlers. The following echoes predictions for the Dean […]
For those who think we can just slow down our water use and be back where we were years earlier, this article may be a surprise and a disappointment. If we have learned one thing […]
Why do springs ‘brown-out’ during and after floods? During high water events, spring flow can come to a stop causing a ‘brown-out,’ or a flow reversal into the aquifer. Rum Island after tropical storm Debbie […]
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