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Abstract ..........................--------. .. .. ............................----------------------------------------------- 1
Introduction .............-----............................... ... .................... -----------------------------------------------2
Purpose and scope of investigation ......................... -------------------------------............................. 3
Acknowledgments ............................. .. ... ...............---------------------------------------------- 3
Previous investigations ..........................................----------------------- ------------ 4
Well-numbering system ......-- -................ ....................-................. 5--------------Description of the area .......................... ...................------------------------------------------ 6
Location and extent ............................................... ..............----------------------- 6
Topography ...................... ..........-------------------------------------------------- 6
Climate ................... .. .... .0-----------------------------. -------- ....-------- 10
Sinkholes ......................... ........----------------------------------------------------..................... 10
Drainage ............................---------------------------------------------------- ............................... 14
Geology -------............................................----------------------------------------------- 14
Formations ...........-----............. ...--------------------------------------------- ....... ................ 18
Structure ...................... ............ .......... ---------------------------------------------------- 22
Hydrology .....................................................----------------------------------------------------- 23
Chemical quality of water .....................................................-------------------------------------. 23
Relation of quality of water to use .............................. ....................------------------------------- 24
Domestic use ........................ ... ..........................---------------------------------------------- 29
Agricultural use ......................................-------------------------------------------- 30
Industrial use ........................... ..... ....................---------------------------------------------- 32
Surface water .......................... ........................----------------------------------------------- 32
Occurrence and movement .........................................-----------------------------------. 32
Variation ....................--------------..................... ------------------------------------ 33
Presentation of data ...........................................---------------------------------------- 35
Surface drainage ....------------ ................................. -------------------------------43
Kissimmee River basin ............................................------------------------------------ 45
Reedy Creek ..................... . . ......................--------------------------------- -------- 45
Bonnet Creek .... ................ ... .........................------------------------------------------- 47
Cypress Creek ..........................................------------------------------------------ 48
Shingle Creek ........................................-------------------------------- .... 49--------49
Boggy Creek ...........................................--------------------------------- -------- 50
Jim Branch ........................... ............ ---------------------------------................................. 52
A jay-East Tohopekaliga Canal ............. .....................-----------------------------... 52
St. Johns River basin .....................................---------------- ---------------------------- 53
St. Johns River ....................................................----------------------------------------- 53
Small tributaries draining east ............................................----------------------------. 59
Lake Pickett ........................----------------------------- --------------..... 61
Econlockhatchee River ......................... ..----------------------- ----....--------..... 61
Little Econlockhatchee River ............................... .....................------------------------------ 65
Howell Creek ....................... ----------------------- -------------------- 67
Wekiva River .................................................................------------------------------------------ 68
Apopka-Beauclair canal .....................--------- ---------- -------------------------.. 71
Lakes ......................-------------------------- ...............................- ----------------------------------------------------- 71
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