REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS No. 41 Figure 13. Map showing the piezometric surface of the Floridan aquifer in the Econfina Creek basin area, October 1962. through a vertical section of the aquifer one foot wide and extending the full height of the aquifer, under a unit hydraulic gradient, at the prevailing temperature of the water. The coefficient of storage of an aquifer is the volume of water released from or taken into storage per unit surface area of the aquifer