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Water resources and effects of development in Hernando County, Florida

Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4320
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri844320

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Abstract

In spite of the hill and valley terrain in the Brooksville Ridge area of Hernando County, Florida, little surface drainage occurs within the county. Recharge to the Floridan aquifer system occurs as infiltration of precipitation within the county or as ground-water flow from Sumter County to the east and Pasco County to the south. Discharge is principally to the Gulf of Mexico, but some ground water flows north into Citrus County before it reaches the Gulf. The Floridan aquifer system is generally unconfined. Water quality is generally good except near the coast where high chloride occurs. Water from the Floridan aquifer system accounted for 87 percent of the water used for irrigation, industry, and rural and public supply in 1982. Sixty-seven percent of this water was used by industry. Rock mining, the major industry, used 99 percent of the industrial water. The anticipated increase in population in the county between 1982 and 2000 will increase demand for water primarily from public water-supply systems. This higher demand will cause about a 1 percent reduction in flow from Weeki Wachee Springs, but little change in lake levels or saltwater intrusion will occur if the projected additional supplies are developed far enough inland from the coast. (USGS)

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Fretwell, J.D., 1985, Water resources and effects of development in Hernando County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4320, vi, 83 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri844320.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Water resources and effects of development in Hernando County, Florida
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 84-4320
DOI 10.3133/wri844320
Year Published 1985
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description vi, 83 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.
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