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 […]
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. […]
Saltwater Threatens Our Aquifer Because of Poor Management
This article deals with the problem in South Florida, but saltwater encroachment is a real threat to the Santa Fe River basin because the water districts refuse to curtail over-pumping from the […]
More Pumping For the Aquifer
Georgia leadership exhibited common sense during the drought years and curtailed its pumping from the aquifer. Florida continued its over-pumping to this day and its DEP claims to want to restore its springs, rivers and […]
Advocates Challenge Law That Would Affect Springs
Notice in the article it says that the case has been assigned to Judge E. Gary Early. He was the judge who ruled for the destruction of Silver Springs, giving total nonsense for his reasons. […]
More Over-pumping Woes Allowed By State of Florida
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 […]
Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, OSFR In Water Article
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 […]
Black Creek Water Transfer Not the Solution
“…start siphoning as much as 10 million gallons of water a day from the South Prong of the Black Creek and pushing it through 17 miles of piping to Alligator Creek, into a drain […]
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