Water Quality in the Floridan Aquifer Region

We rely on clean water to sustain human life, ecosystems, and food supply. In Florida and southwest Georgia, the Floridan Aquifer supplies much of the water we use. As populations grow and regional economies expand, the impacts of human activity on water pollution become more widespread. We must take preventative actions to minimize water pollution to maintain the quality of our water sources, and thus, our quality of life.

This document is FOR371, one of a series of the School of Forest Fisheries and Geomatic Sciences. Original publication date December 2021. Revised December 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

This document is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2017-68007-26319. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.