How long before its an issue here in TV?
 

is the rapid building here in central rural florida threatening the water supply?

Cape Coral homeowners dealing with dried-up wells - WINK News

Cape Coral is on the gulf side of Florida near Fort Myers. Attempting to compare Cape Coral water supply to Central Florida is as different as apples and oranges. Bottom line: Cape Coral available water supply has nothing at all to do with the available water in Central Florida.

Increasing population using more and more water from an aquifer is not unique to the gulf side of Florida. Perhaps a different aquifer (still checking on that) but the concept is the same.

I thought I saw a study, probably from NSCUDD, about the amount of water they were pulling from the aquifer compared to what they have been allotted. I'm still looking for that as well.

9 years, 4 months, 16 days.

identified as a :22yikes: -->> Mr Cryptic, not Mr Helpful

I recalculated using the data you provided and I believe you are off by 17 day and 3 hours.:):ho:

Better yet how many will take a dirt nap, before this will be an issue in TV

The good news---according to the USGS, the deep Florida aquifer extends to Nebraska.

Village District staff says that "Water Source: Municipalities most concerned about climate change are those that use surface water. NSCUDD system uses Lower Florida wells (old aquifers) ground water that won’t be affected by seasonal drought conditions. "

Staff and our consultants insist that NSCUDD will never run out of water. However, sometimes SWFWMD restricts our water usage because other areas that they control have issues with limited water resources. For some reason they must issue a area wide advisory or restriction on water usage that would/could include us along with the low on water areas.

At least that is my understanding of what happens.

I was thinking of the Floridian aquifer.
USGS: Floridian Aquifer
USGS: Aquifers of the US

There must be another.

Doubt it. I had seen that extent a few years ago and I don't know on which site, so I think your map is accurate.

Does this mean that some of the water we drink comes from Nebraska where they have more cows than people? Makes bottled water seem more attractive.:bigbow:

Water availability will become the world's number1 priority. I think our solution is a political one. While we have a Governor DeSantis and a super majority in the state chambers and billions in budget surplus I suggest we all email DeSantis and JP Temple to demand desalination plants for agriculture and human consumption. The technology is there for a public/private partnership.


E-Mail Representative John Paul Temple

Email the Governor

Love attached links! Helpful

Home Insurance companies will
Dry up and leave the state before we run out of water…

Heading to Sam's right now and stocking up on bottled water.

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Desalination could certainly be one of the answers. Cruise ships make their own fresh water out of seawater and when you consider that a ship might have over 9,000 people on it often for a week or more, all using water probably even more than they use at home, plus swimming pools, hot tubs, water slides, etc. desalination certainly could serve a whole lot of people especially if they use water sparingly.

However I've read articles by environmentalists who are strongly against desalination as a means of obtaining water. Their claim is that the desalination plants discharge their wastewater, the salinity of which is many times saltier than the original water, right back into the ocean and that poses a danger to marine life, so...

I believe historically since the beginning of time FL has been under water in various degrees. One day T V may be nearly ocean front by then turning salt water to drinkable water through desalination processes would be a good technology to implement.

If I were concerned about future resourses in T V, I would be more concerned about the dwindling space for farming and raising cattle because mealworm burgers may be ok for some but in T V I prefer to know that I'm not eating bugs being called meat.

Water may well be the next crisis. I never waste anything, especially water. Front loading washers use much less water. Run the water into containers for the garden when you run it for hot water. No unnecessary watering for lawn and garden. You would be surprised how much water you can save.

Israeli's have found a way to get water. I don't think we're in danger here. IF nothing else ocean water can be made drinkable and usable. There's plenty surrounding the peninsula. I don't worry about such things.

Urophagia.

Lol!

As they say on the space station:

"Today's coffee--is tomorrow's coffee".

Won't be a problem.
Desalination will lower the warned about rise in ocean levels
With Polar cap melt, glacier melt, and the prophesied rain and flooding, the extra salt will also be neutralized.
Win. Win! :thumbup:

Bottled water is tap water in a bottle......

We don’t have a water problem here. Wells drying up are common especially with shallow wells.

Water won’t go bad but the plastic bottle could, especially if it’s stored in the hot garage. FDA recommends a shelf life of two years. So, probably not a good idea to buy more than you can drink in the next two years. Wait, residents in The Villages are rich (many plumbers, electricians, landscapers, mechanics, etc. believe) so no problem for us Villagers.

The environmentalists are hypocrites or they would live like cavemen just like they tell everybody else to do.

Great Lakes
 

Not if you live near the Great Lakes , they represent 20 % of the entire worlds drinking water with no end in sight .

I was living in Punta Gorda in 2004 ,there were quite a few stories about water shortages in Cape Coral back then ,so this is not a new issue .FYI we did get plenty of rain in the area that year as hurricane Charlie came through , you know the one that was supposed to hit Tampa and then took a right turn that weather people said couldn’t happen and wrecked the town . I then moved to southern Arizona where there was a real water shortage even back then

Whose water is it?
 

Whose water is it in the Great Lakes? I hear Arizona and other western states want water piped out west so they can use it to expand more and more. And a Supreme Court just might decide that the water in the Great Lakes belongs to the United States and not just those bordering the Lakes.

The Canada province of Ontario borders four of the five Great Lakes, a couple with the international border running THROUGH the lake. I'm sure they'd have something to say about sending Great Lakes water to other American states.

It is also prohibited by law: actually two laws. "pulling any large amount of water from the Great Lakes is illegal. Water diversions from them are barred by the Great Lakes Compact, an agreement between the eight surrounding states, along with a similar agreement between the United States and Canada." (USA Today)

I'll take your answer. Mine was about a month shorter!

I do not see an issue. It has been already confirmed there will be a Cosco here soon.

Remember pet rocks? Too funny! People will buy anything if you package it.

Cant wait

Flood waters should be stored and sent where needed. Presently flood waters are sent to the gulf or the oceans.

Think it would be cost prohibitive to send water far away

What you say may be true, however, that could all change by a Supreme Court Ruling.

I'm not sure how that would work. First, the function of the Supreme Court is to rule on constitutional issues. As far as I know it cannot void a law already on the books by any other means than declaring it unconstitutional. First the case would have to be brought before the Court. Second they'd have to decide to hear it (they hear about 150 cases per year out of over 7,000 brought before it). Third, they'd have to declare the law (laws, in this case: the Great Lakes compact between the American states bordering the Great Lakes, as well as the international compact between the U.S. and Canada, both of which prohibit large amounts of water being withdrawn from the lakes) unconstitutional, and I am at a loss to understand exactly on what basis they'd do that.

Fourth, the U.S. Supreme Court has no authority over Canada or individual Canadian provinces, so if Canada opposed it (and I'd bet the farm that they would) we'd be acting in contravention of an international agreement between us and them, which could very well cause a VERY tense atmosphere. There've been armed conflicts between the U.S. and Canada before, and despite our ordinarily pretty good (though not always) relationship with our neighbor to the north, there is no guarantee that such conflict could not happen again.

I know there are lawyer types who post here. Comments from any of them about how, or even if, the SCOTUS could be involved in this?

Would the billions we give to foreign countries help?