FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY


storage in this area at the beginning of a dry period would become
more important as the demand for water increases.
 Further drainage of the area could change the proportional
amounts of water disposed of by the various routes. The time of
concentration of water in stream channels would be decreased.
More water would be moved from the areas as streamflow. Water
would remain on the land surface for shorter periods and therefore
evapotranspiration would be decreased. Certainly if the water-table
in the whole area were lowered, this would effectively lower the
piezometric surface and decrease ground-water outflow from the
area. However, at present, the central and western parts of the
area are downgradient from the piezometric high and generally
are poorly drained both on the surface and subsurface. The area
is generally wet and runoff is high after intense rainfall because
the aquifers are always nearly full and the rate of ground-water
movement from the area is slow.
 Although water management in the Green Swamp area would
not be the sole solution to the water problems in central Florida,
Green Swamp is hydrologically important and must be considered
in any overall plan of water management.


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