Not sure why FSI didn’t put this on their website, but here it is, both PDF and HTML below.
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FLORIDA SPRINGS INSTITUTE REQUESTS COMPREHENSIVE GROUNDWATER NITRATE SAMPLING IN ALACHUA AND GILCHRIST COUNTIES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Dr. Robert Knight
Director,
Howard T. Odum Florida Springs Institute
386-462-1003August 28, 2015, GAINESVILLE, FL — On Thursday, Dr. Robert Knight, Director of the Howard T. Odum Florida Springs Institute called for a comprehensive, area-wide groundwater nitrate sampling effort by state and local governments, especially in the karst areas of Alachua and Gilchrist counties. Dr. Knight’s call for action comes after the Alachua County Health Department released private, self-supply well nitrate data confirming the relatively common occurrence of nitrate above safe drinking water levels (10 mg/L) and the lower springs standard of 0.35 mg/L.
(Source: Florida Department of Health)
(Source: http:// www.dep.state.fl.us/water/drinkingwater/)
The Alachua County Department of Health has initiated additional sampling and nitrate testing of private wells in the area of the Watson Dairy in eastern Gilchrist County. “In our opinion,” stated Knight, “that does not go far enough considering the human and ecological health risks posed by these elevated pollutant concentrations…This sampling effort should be expedited and results need to be widely publicized so that local residents are aware of the risks they face and the alternatives they have to avoid those risks.”
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Thank you for posting! We do have it up on our website under our Springs News Press Releases section with plans to include it elsewhere at a later date. Here is the link to our website where the document is posted in PDF format for easy downloading: http://www.floridaspringsinstitute.org/springs-news
OK, I see it, now that I scroll far down press releases are about the fourth category and it’s the last thing in there. I first saw “Springs News” immediately followed by newsletters and concluded there were no press releases. Now there’s an HTML version on the WWALS website to complement the PDF version on the FSI website.
In any case, thanks for making the request for sampling.
Probably you know FL-DEP has extensive well sampling data for a variety of contaminants across Florida and per WMD; still waiting for them to release it. Don’t know whether they sampled nitrates.
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