H. T. Odum Florida Springs Institute

 

Letter From a Supporter of the Springs Institute

Thanks for your efforts to keep water in the Florida Aquifer.  I've been interested in springs and aquifers since I took Dr. Spangler's groundwater class back at UF.  At the time, many of my classmates were cave divers, and the graduate student office walls were covered with cave maps from the Santa Fe drainage.  Although I never personally dove beyond the spring basins, reading the dye tracer and radiochemical studies made me feel like I was right there in the cave. 

Like Todd Kincaid, I'm a Gator transplanted to the West.  As a westerner, I've become keenly aware of the limited nature of aquifers and the importance of only using groundwater sustainably.  I personally feel that deliberate groundwater mining is a profoundly immoral act.  Reading Todd's conclusions that the Spring Creek reversals indicated a consistent overdraft of the aquifer, I was horrified to think that the Upper Floridan would go the way of the Ogallala.  Since I don't live and vote in Florida, I want to do all I can to support those who do and who are trying to prevent the loss of Florida's springs.

Thanks for your efforts and good luck!

Best Wishes,

Anonymous Donor

 

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