Publication Date:
2021-07-08
Description:
The Green Swamp area in central Florida is anotherarea where man is developing agricultural land from marginalland. Though the area is by no means as extensive asthat of the Everglades, the present efforts for its developmentare similar to the early efforts for developing the Evergladesin that many miles of canals and ditches have beenconstructed to improve the drainage.Lest the early mistakes of the Everglades be repeated,the Florida Department of Water Resources considered thatan appraisal of the physical and hydrologic features of thearea was needed to determine the broad effects of drainingand developing the swamp. This reconnaissance provides information requiredby the State of Florida for determining its responsibilityand policy in regard to the Green Swamp area andfor formulating future plans for water management of thearea.Some of the features that have been determined are:the amount of rainfall on the area; the pattern of surfacewaterdrainage; the amount and direction of surface-waterrunoff; the direction of ground-water movement; the interrelationshipof rainfall, surface water, and ground water;the effects of improved drainage facilities'; and the effectsof the hydrologic environment on the chemical quality ofwater of the area.(PDF contains 106 pages.)
Description:
Prepared by U. S. Geological Survey
in cooperation with
The Florida Geological Survey
and
Florida Department of Water Resources
Keywords:
Limnology
;
Planning
;
Green Swamp
;
Florida
;
surface water
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
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