Dennis Price, P.G., of Hamilton County, Florida, asked, “Are we just a water tower for Jacksonville?”
He showed us “the history of surface and ground water in the flatwoods in south Georgia and north Florida in the Suwannee River Basin. Historic water levels and how we have changed these levels. Changes beginning with forestry then farming, and population growth. Ideas for correcting the problems.”
How Humans Affect the Aquifer, WWALS Webinar by Dennis Price, Are we just a water tower for Jacksonville? 2025-06-19
This applies to the Floridan Aquifer proper and the other aquifers above it, all below the Suwannee, Alapaha, and Withlacoochee Rivers, the Okefenokee Swamp, and their tributaries.
Here is the WWALS video of this WWALS Webinar:
https://youtu.be/o4s1jPN0EVI
Some still images are appended.
Thanks to WWALS Board Member Janet Martin for organizing this webinar and for introducing Dennis.
Thanks to everyone who attended.
See
the announcement of this webinar
for Dennis’ resume and other background.
https://wwals.net/?p=67740
See also:
- SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK 42, 2002-11-02
- Geological determinations about Sabal Trail and Suwannee River by Dennis Price P.G. 2015-10-25
- We have a right to expect waterways and groundwater to be clean –Dennis J. Price 2016-05-05
- Proposal for the Recharge of the Upper Floridan Aquifer –D.J. Price P.G. 2016-11-14
- The NFRWSP’s job is to figure out how to increase water levels in the aquifer. –Dennis J. Price 2016-12-12
- White Sulphur Springs Flowing –Fay Baird of SRWMD 2019-04-03
- Pictures: Alapaha, Dead Rivers, Sink 2022-10-02
- Pictures: Sasser Landing Cleanup, Alapaha River 2024-07-13
- Pictures: Big Shoals St Pk to Suwannee Wayside, Suwannee River 2025-05-31
For other WWALS Webinars, see:
https://wwals.net/about/wwals-webinars/
They are usually on the second or third Thursday of the month, from noon to 1PM. After a brief introduction, the speaker has about 45 minutes, with the remaining time for questions and answers and discussion.
They are recorded, so if you miss one, you can see it later on
YouTube. Here’s a WWALS video playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKwQ5xfKf-QxWRGrV9iExlyXQIVnzOtPX&si=0Atnjwrm_ikyV-sh
These WWALS Webinars are free, but we encourage you to join WWALS or
otherwise donate to assist our advocacy and educational mission.
https://wwals.net/donations/
WWALS Webinars are organized by the WWALS Events Committee; maybe you’d like to join that committee and help.
About WWALS: Since June 2012, WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS) is an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity working for a healthy watershed with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable water.
Mission: WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.
Our Watershed: The 10,000-square-mile WWALS territory includes the Suwannee River from the Okefenokee Swamp to the Gulf of Mexico, plus the Suwannee River Estuary, and tributaries such as the Withlacoochee and Alapaha Rivers as far north as Cordele in Georgia, as well as parts of the Floridan Aquifer, which is the primary water source for drinking, agriculture, and industry for millions of Georgia and Florida residents.
Suwannee Riverkeeper: Since December 2016, WWALS is the WATERKEEPER® Alliance Member for the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary as Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®, which is a project and a staff position of WWALS focusing on our advocacy.
Contact: Janet Martin
WWALS Membership Director
janetwwals@gmail.com
229-630-0541
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Stills
Janet Martin Introduces Dennis J. Price
FAT
Floridan Aquifer Transmissivity 2025-06-19
GD
Groundwater Declines in Northeast SRWMD Region 2025-06-19
1936 Groundwater Divide –Cardno ENTRIX
1961 Groundwater Divide –Cardno ENTRIX
1980 Groundwater Divide –Cardno ENTRIX
1990 Groundwater Divide –Cardno ENTRIX
WSS
White Sulphur Springs Bathhouse
BMB
SP
SRWMD Wants to pipe Suwannee River water
DRS
Dead River Sink –jsq for WWALS
EM
Potential Evaporation Map 2017-01-17 –NFRWSP
AE
Apalachicola Embayment, Gulf Trough, Georgia Channel, Suwannee Channel, by Southeastern Geological Society
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