The Floridan Aquifer is the source of the peninsula’s famous springs.
Except in south Florida where it’s buried a thousand feet down.
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| Florida’s aquifers are like a multi-layered cake. The Floridan Aquifer is the deepest and under pressure in south Florida. |
But poke a hole in it with a pipe and its water flows straight to the surface, sort of like an artesian spring. As prodigious a water source as that sounds, ever so tempting to tap, don’t forget that it’s packed with a dissolved solids too.
Or in other words, salty.
Florida’s freshwater is surrounded by saltwater on three sides and below.
