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WHAT IS AN AQUIFER ANDWHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?
Aqua = WaterFero - ferre - tuli – latum =
to carry.English words to ferry something,
infer, transfer, translate, postulate
An underground layer of water bearing rock or sediment in which water is easily moved and can easily be extracted.
Confining layer
Confining layer
AQUIFER
Clays
Clays or ancient volcanic rock
FLORIDAN AQUIFER
HOW DEEP DOWN IS THEFLORIDAN AQUIFER?
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DEPTH T0 TOPOF AQUIFER
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HOW HAVE THE GROUNDWATERRESOURCES OF THE BISCAYNEAQUIFER OF SOUTH FLORIDA
CHANGED?
Biscayne Aquifer
Biscayne Aquifer before drainage of Everglades.
Eastern Coastal Ridge
Biscayne Aquifer before drainage of Everglades.
AtlanticOcean
Biscayne Aquifer before drainage of Everglades.
SaltWater
Biscayne Aquifer before drainage of Everglades.
Everglades
FRESH WATER
Biscayne Aquifer before drainage of Everglades.
Biscayne Aquifer before drainage of Everglades.
Shallow wells to aquifer
1. Drain the Everglades.a) Dig canals and dykes. – More water exits by surfacecanals and less to groundwater.
1. Drain the Everglades.a) Dig canals and dykes. – Groundwater pumped to canals to maintain dry reclaimed land. Water table drops.
Agriculture
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
OKECHOBEE
EASTCOASTRIDGE
UNRECLAIMED
RECLAIMED
Belle Glade
West Palm
Lake Worth
Boynton Bch.
2. Urban growth and demand for fresh waterMore wells.
Agriculture
Annual Precipitation ≈ Annual Evaporation
2. Urban growth and demand for fresh waterMore wells. Further reduce water table.
Agriculture
2. Urban growth and demand for fresh waterMore wells. Further reduce water table.
Agriculture
2. Urban growth and demand for fresh waterSaltwater intrusion from the Atlantic
Agriculture
SALTWATER INTRUSION
