In his article in the Gainesville Sun, OSFR advisor Dr. Robert Knight describes the importance of springs in our economy and our life. The very visible failures of our water managers are apparent in South Florida, […]
Yet another depressing description of our water managers’ failures. Even so, the missing piece in the county’s wetlands protection plan, “the elephant in the living room,” is a lack of regulation for agricultural uses. “In […]
The opposite poles related to water issues described below are extremes–what our water authorities did to Silver Springs, Crystal River and the Rainbow are inexcusable and indefensible. What Sierra Club, Environment Florida and associates […]
* The continuing demise of Silver Springs and the reasons why are well documented. The St. Johns River Water Management District perhaps illustrates best the egregious bad management of our state’s water resources. […]
How much water are we taking out? How much water is there to take? Our water managers don’t have the answer to either question. To us it seems that the concern expressed by this editorial […]
This plan is a wish list to drink our cup dry and have it full too. Obvious and well-deserved sarcasm by Jake Fuller is directed today toward the new water plan put forth by […]
Failing to limit groundwater pumping ensures our region’s depleted and polluted springs will only get worse.* Hats off to Nathan Crabbe and the Gainesville Sun for letting the people know that our water managers are […]
Those who praised the plan were the utility companies who use large quantities, and those who produced the plan. Below is Susan Washington’s take on the meeting yesterday which officially put into existence the 20-year […]
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