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Winter 2003 - V.18 N.4
Table of Content




Central Florida Water Supply in Peril
News Around the Lagoon


First Phase of Everglades Restoration Begins

Trace Levels of Wood Presearvations Found in Florida Aquifer
Nonnative Mussels Found in Tampa could Spread Wildly
House Members Urge Bush to Retain Clean Water Act Protection
Artificial Reefs Study and Regulation Plan
Invasive Cogon Grass May Surpass Kudzu as Southern Plant Scourge
Congress Oks $150 million for Everglades
Central Florida Water Supply in Peril
5,000 New Fish Species in Census of Oceans
EPA Reports 40 More Superfund Toxic Waste Site Cleanups
Skin Lesions Affect Fishermen and Swimmers
Mercury Decreases in Everglades
Surfriders TRests Prompts Further StudyRunoff Cause Cattails Spread in Everglades
Puffer-fish Band Stretches to One Year





From a draft report of the St. Johns River Water Management District Central Florida's groundwater supply could drop by up to 10 feet in the next two decades, with salty and expensive consequences. By 2025, a city like Titusville could see more wildfires, lower wetlands and saltier water deep underground that upwells into fresher parts of the aquifer. Public wells in Titusville and Cocoa would be among 21 Central Florida well fields at the highest risk of saltwater contamination. A lower aquifer would harm vegetation, wetlands, springs and lakes from Titusville to Palm Bay



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