Florida Water Use
Florida Water Use
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Historical Water-Use in Florida
The Florida Water-Use Program is an ongoing cooperative project between the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Office of Agricultural Water Policy (http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Agricultural-Water-Policy). This ongoing cooperative project began in Florida in 1984...
Agricultural land-use inventory in counties of Suwannee River Water Management District
A detailed, high resolution inventory of irrigated crop acreage is needed to accurately estimate agricultural water use and to project future water demands in many agricultural Florida counties . The USGS, in cooperation with Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD), developed a detailed digital map and summary of irrigated acreage during the 2015 growing season for 13 of the 15 counties...
Floridan Aquifer System (FAS) Groundwater Availability Study
The Floridan Aquifer System (FAS) Groundwater Availability Study (https://fl.water.usgs.gov/floridan/) provides numerous benefits, including an updated hydrogeologic framework, regional and subregional water budgets, and a modern, system-wide, groundwater flow model that may be used to quantitatively assess the effects of human and environmental stresses.