Came across this while looking to find what the Water Table is in Daytona, because need to know what length well pipe we need to get that will reach it . . to replace the collapsed well pipe on our sprinkler/irrigation system. In 1989 when I moved down here I lived in Deltona. FL was still in severe drought of the 1980s. The newspaper (Orlando Sentinel ?) had a cut-away image of this aquifer beneath the whole state, showing it as one huge underground spring with an air space above the water (likely due to the drought) and then the ground we walk on above that. It explained that sink holes happen because developers remove the trees to build, so the root system is no longer in place to hold the ground up. I dont know whether thats accurate as theyre only recently doing these dives for first time ever to learn about the whole thing, but watching this video makes me wonder whether the guy drowned when he vanished into the sink hole beneath his house recently along with his entire bedroom while asleep in bed one night. Each yr we take soil samples from our yard to be tested to find out what nutrients are needed, at the Agriculture Dept at the Volusia County Fair Ground in Deland. They told us to never use Weed n Feed which theyd banned or were working on banning (because I still see it for sale in Ace Hardware) nor any other kinds of chemical fertilizers & pesticides because its going into the water supply & severely contaminating it. I buy Culligan Water because Ive been aware that even tho this tap water appears as if good, its far from it. In addition to these chemicals that peeps use in their yards, and chlorine that I have to dissipate to be able to water my veggie garden with it, there are meds - including antibiotics that Im allergic to - dirty needles (remember Hep C & HIV), chemical cleaners & automotive & paint supplies, etc etc also in our water supply . . . and this page also gives this info: . . . this is the underground source of drinking water from almost all of Florida, and it is being contaminated at an unprecedented rate.Some of the inorganic impurities found in Florida’s drinking water include: Aluminum, Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Calcium, Chlorine, Chromium, Copper, Iron, Lead, Nickel, Nitrate, Nitrite, Magnesium, Manganese, Silica, Sodium, Sulfate, and Zinc. Fact: Not only does it taste bad, Florida is rated as one of the 5 worst states for drinking water quality.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:21:04 +0000
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