Many people have been feeling rather discouraged and pessimistic about the future of our water resources lately, and for good reason. Our St. Johns River is sick. The river is threatened with further degradation from shortsighted plans to withdraw millions of gallons of water a day from its flow. Also, we are reaching the limits [...]
The Price of Our Thirst: North Florida Upset About St. John's Withdrawals
June 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
By: Karen Feagins June 24, 2008 — Several Central Florida counties want to withdraw water from the St. John’s to supplement dwindling groundwater supplies. A pending request from Seminole County would take out only a few gallons a day, but environmentalists worry it could open the door to future withdrawals by other counties, amounting to [...]
