Florida's water future: a legislative proposal for the distribution of water resources in Florida. Florida Bar Journal | June 1, 1997| | COPYRIGHT 1997 Florida Bar. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Florida has a seeming abundance of water,(1) receiving an average of 175 billion gallons per day.(2) In addition, Florida's aquifers(3) contain more than a quadrillion gallons of water, which is 30,000 times the average daily discharge of Florida's 13 largest rivers.(4) Florida has 1,700 streams and rivers and 7,800 freshwater lakes.(5) Florida withdraws only 18 billion gallons of water per day,(6) only 7.5 billion gallons of which is fresh water.(7)

The apparent abundance of water in Florida is misleading. The water in Florida is generally located at a significant ...

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