But Florida never really dries out, and water gradually erodes the porous limestone to form cracks, passages, and vast underground spaces that fill with rain. This is the Floridan aquifer ...

Understanding how water flows through Florida's aquifer is integral to maintaining safe and sufficient supply of fresh water, but current computer models used to monitor the state's aquifers and ...

draining approximately 215 million gallons of radioactive and contaminated water into Florida's aquifer. The sinkhole was located directly below a wastewater storage pond used by Mosaic ...

MULBERRY, Fla. (AP) — Neighbors of an unplugged sinkhole sending contaminated water and fertilizer plant waste cascading into Florida’s main drinking-water aquifer are fearful, and fuming that ...

151; -- A massive sinkhole at a fertilizer plant in Mulberry, Florida, has caused about 215 million gallons of radioactive water to drain down into the Floridian aquifer system, according to ABC ...

Much of Florida's water for drinking and sprinkling comes from its aquifer. Because it lies deep in the earth, the state's water districts rely on modeling in making decisions about how much can ...

It's allowed under the state Department of Environmental Protection's rules, said Brian Starford of the Southwest Florida Water Management ... areas could lower the aquifer by up to 10 feet ...

Water containing low-level radiation and other pollutants has poured into Florida's primary drinking water aquifer through a gaping sinkhole 45 feet wide. It happened at a plant owned by ...