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 |
2012 State of Florida