Florida's Endangered Water Supply

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This paper explores the problems endangering Florida's water supply, including pollution, urbanization, insufficient rainfall and over-population. While many of these problems are natural (e.g. drought), the author maintains that neglect and carelessness have exacerbated the situation, causing a near crisis. The author concludes that while Florida can sustain further building, urgent measures be taken to preserve and replenish the water supply.

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"One would think with all the water in and around Florida, that there would be no problem. But, that is a wrong assumption. Man, as usual, is conspiring to ruin or at least somehow damage the clean water Florida's growing numbers of citizens need each day. "Florida's unique geology allows it to draw nearly all of its drinking water from a deep underground maze of limestone and sands. But we use portions of the same underground as a vast garbage can. "Water doesn't really sit on top of Florida like it does in other states; it sinks into the soils," said Jonathan Martin, a geology professor at the University of Florida. So putting dangerous chemicals and waste underground "would be like building a dump in a reservoir. Most people wouldn't want to do that." Until the recent hurricanes and heavy rains in 2005, Florida faced a severe water shortage. One reason, of course, was the weather. Another, the increasing numbers of people moving to Florida and using more and more water."

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