Florida Geological Survey -
Geology Topics
Protecting Florida's springs : an implementation guidebook
This Implementation Guidebook is a companion to Protecting Florida’s Springs: Land Use Planning Strategies and Best Management Practices, produced by the DCA and DEP and released in November 2002. The new 2008
Implementation Guidebook provides the information needed by a local government to amend its comprehensive plan and land development regulations, for the purpose of protecting Florida’s springs. The Guidebook contains three primary components to assist local governments: An explanation of the basis for springs protection with guidance on issues important to springs protection, recommended provisions for a local government comprehensive plan, and recommended land development regulations. In addition to the three main components of the publication, there is an extensive bibliography, a glossary, and more detailed information in appendices. The document is a .pdf file
and you will need to
obtain a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view
it. Click on picture to open.
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Springs of Florida - Florida Geological Survey's Bulletin no. 66
Bulletin 66 is the results of a 3 year study of Florida's freshwater springs. Included in this report are descriptions and pictures of individual springs along with water quality analyses.
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Florida Spring Classification System and Spring Glossary
This publication describes the Florida Springs Classification System
and presents a Florida Springs Glossary. The document is a .pdf file
and you will need to
obtain a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view
it. Click on picture to open.
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Florida's Springs Protecting Nature's Gems:
New DEP Website where you can learn how a spring forms and
what you can do when visiting or exploring a spring. Also
learn
about the life in a spring
and why these Florida Gems are being threatened.
Click on picture to go to www.floridasprings.org
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Florida's Springs
The Department of Environmental
Protection springs website
at www.dep.state.fl.us/springs/ |
Spring water is a natural discharge from
the Floridan aquifer system, the state's primary aquifer,
the springs provide a "window" into the aquifer allowing
for a measure of the health of the aquifer.
(extracted from First Magitude Springs of Florida - Open File
Report No.85)
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Open First Magnitude Springs of Florida
Open file Report No. 85 (OFR-85) . This file is 65 meg in size.
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Download
OFR-85 . The Download file is a self extracting zip
file. Once it is downloaded double click on it and it will self
extract
to the OFR-85.pdf file. Note: Some Computer security programs will not allow the download of .exe files. This file is 34 megs in size.
- Another form of Download is this .zip file. You will need a program like
winzip to unzip the file after downloading. You can get an
evaluation Version of Winzip here.
This file is also 34 megs in size.
You will need the free
Adobe Acrobat reader
to open and view the .pdf file.
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Florida Springs Database
A List
of Florida Springs and Sinks as compiled
by Greg Johnson for Florida springs |
