Experts who have studied the matter have agreed that the water problem in Florida is more related to getting water from where it is to where it is needed. One natural occurrence which has brought water issues to the forefront has been several years of below average rainfall, called drought, as experienced between 1989 and 1994. Florida Groundwater Pinellas County Utilities water is supplied from an underground geologic formation called the Floridan Aquifer. This aquifer underlies all of Florida and parts of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. Limestone, with its porous nature, acts as a natural sponge to store the Floridan Aquifer.
Water percolates down through the soil through rainfall and recharges the portions of the aquifer.
Rainwater may take days, or years to reach the aquifer. Pinellas County is also involved in the Groundwater Guardian Community . There's as much water in the world today as there was thousands of years ago. In fact, it's the same water.