To the Editor:
In some parts of Florida, the aquifers are drying up from overdevelopment and the building of new developments at a breakneck pace. All the new developments are huge users of water for irrigation, new sod, bushes, shrubbery, landscaping, golf courses, car washes, and everything else that requires huge amounts of water.
If the aquifers keep being abused in Florida, one day, the cheap, fresh spring water will not be here and very expensive means of getting fresh water will have to be used.
It’s kind of like the analogy that if you stick a pin into a gallon of water, it’ll look like it’s not going down at all, and one day, you look at the container and it’s empty, just like the aquifers.
All the development keeps rainwater from seeping back into the ground naturally. All the roof lines, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, and roads block the water from seeping back into the ground and back into the aquifers. The aquifers can’t be abused forever, because one day the price will have to be paid.
Barbara Smith
Dunnellon