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throughout the State. The result is the map shown in figure 17, which represents approximately the height to which the artesian water will rise in a well at any given place (Stringfield, 1936, pp. 146-154). We may observe, for example, that hear the center of the peninsula the water in wells stands 120 feet above sea levelhigher than at any other place in the State. Generally, recharge occurs in areas such as this, where the water stands high, and discharge occurs where it stands low. The water moves laterally from the areas of recharge toward areas of discharge, generally at right angles to the lines shown on the map. The water passes, in some directions, beneath the blanket of relatively impervious material,
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FIGURE 17.-Piezometric surface of the Floridan aquifer, 1952.
Lines connect points of equal head on the ground water, in feet above
siea level. The piezometric surface, so shown, is highest where there is recharge and slopes downward in the direction that water moves toward places of escape. The general coastward slope of this surface indicates that most
of the water moving in the aquifer wastes into the sea.
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FIGURE 17.-Piezometric surface of the Floridan aquifer, 1952.
Lines connect points of equal head on the ground water, in feet above
sea level. The piezometric surface, so shown, is highest where there is recharge and slopes downward in the direction that water moves toward places of escape. The general coastward slope of this surface indicates that most
of the water moving In the aquifer wastes Into the sea.