I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment. Plus the rainfall coming and collecting at a time the water's not needed.
Scientists continue to study Florida's water systems for solutions to future water needs.
It's flowing like a broad river, like an everglades type river, but that's happening below the surface. And that water is moving through the soil, through the sediment and through the bedrock. Our water comes from a shallow depth below the earth and because of that reason it is susceptible to water quality problems in other words pollutants, intrusions from salt water, that kind of thing. We're produced at the Whitaker Center at Florida Gulf Coast University and funded by the Southwest Florida Council for Environment Education. As Florida's population continues to grow, scientists and engineers are working to get the most out of Florida's existing water supply.