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By around 1910–1912, development of the Floridan aquifer system had already occurred in Fernandina and Jacksonville and south along the east coast of Florida, as well as from Tampa south to Fort Myers on the west coast. Over time, the number of wells increased, as did the finished depths, as demand increased.
It covers over 3,000 square miles (7,800 km 2), and is the most intensely used water source in Florida, supplying water to Dade County, Broward County, Palm Beach County and Monroe County. The aquifer lies close to the surface and is extremely vulnerable to pollutants that leach through the shallow limestone bedrock. In some areas, it has been ...
It is a shallow layer of highly permeable limestone under a portion of South Florida. The area it underlies includes Broward County , Miami-Dade County , Monroe County , and Palm Beach County , a total of about 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2 ).
Georgia will allow some farmers in the southwest part of the state to drill new irrigation wells into the Florida aquifer starting in 2025. The state will begin accepting applications for new ...
In 1956 Humble Oil drilled an exploratory well in state waters of Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa County. [26] In 1959 Gulf Oil drilled the first offshore Florida well drilled from an offshore platform, off the Florida Keys. [27] All the wells drilled in state waters were dry holes. The first federal lease sale offshore Florida was in 1959.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. Water located beneath the ground surface An illustration showing groundwater in aquifers (in blue) (1, 5 and 6) below the water table (4), and three different wells (7, 8 and 9) dug to reach it. Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in ...