THE ARTESIAN WATER SUPPLY OF EASTERN FLORIDA.

LOCAL DETAILS
CHESTER SHOALS.
Some fifteen miles from Titusville through Banana Creek is the Chester Shoals Life Saving Station and Canaveral Club House. At this Club House an artesian well was drilled about 189o. It is a three-inch well and the original depth was 222 feet. The amount of casing used could not be learned. The well in subsequent years decreased in flow, and in order to get a sufficient amount of water for general use it became necessary to deepen the well. In 1905 Capt. Alex. Near continued the drilling to 297 feet. The well now gives an abundance of water strongly impregnated with hydrogen sulphide and tasting slightly brackish although not so much so as to condemn it for general purposes.
CITY POINT.
Flowing wells are obtained along the shore of Indian River at City Point. Between the village on the river and the -City Point depot on the Florida East Coast Railway there is quite an elevation, evidently an old sand dune. The elevation of this ridge, according to barometric readings is about fifty feet above the level of the water in the river. A well sunk here some years ago failed to flow, although the water rose to within a few feet of the surface. A well owned by S. Hendry is reported to have a depth of about 16o feet. The elevation of the well is approximately twenty feet above the water in Indian River. The pressure of this well as indicated by the pressure gauge March 5, i9io, was five pounds, or sufficient pressure to cause the water to rise I 1.5 feet above the surface or approximately 31.5 feet above the river level.
The following is an analysis of the water from this well. Analysis made for the State Survey in the office of the State Chemist, A. M. Henry, analyst:
Constituents. Parts per Million.
Silica (Si02) ............................................17.00
Chlorine (Cl)........ooo.................... o... 2248.00
Sulphates (S04)...................................207.00
Phosphates (P04)......................................8.00
Carbonates (C03)o......................................o.oo
Bicarbonates (HCO3) .............................. ....... 168.00
Sodium and Potassium (Na & K).......................1174.00
Magnesium (M g) ........................................... ii6.oo
Calcium (Ca)...........................................z 440.o0
Iron and Alumina (Fe & Al) ................................ir.oo
Loss on ignition ........................................... 960.00
Total dissolved solids..................................... 5053.00

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