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Win Parker suspects agriculture, more than industry, could be behind The Acreage problems. He also says there's a human factor. Once you have a well you'd better be very diligent about maintaining it. WPTV  
WPTV  

Below the surface

Acreage water of marginal quality, well expert says

If you can't get your water piped in, you dig a hole in the ground and look for it. So to get to the underwater aquifer and avoid salt, a lot of Acreage wells just scratch the surface compared to wells in other parts of the county that go down 60 to 80 feet and hit limestone, which like a sponge, filters out contaminants. (WPTV West Palm Beach)
How much of the pollutant makes its way into Orange Lake is still unknown. GOOGLE MAPS  
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Phosphate study

Orange Lake pollutants flowing from Alachua sources

The two largest known pollution sources creating problems for Orange Lake have been identified by Florida scientists working to clean up a series of lakes and creeks in Alachua and Marion counties. A blueberry farm in Windsor and the Gainesville Regional Airport are two "hot spot" generators of the pollutant phosphorous, which is making its way into Newnan's Lake. (Gainesville Sun)

Marine sponges for sale in the shops of Tarpon Springs. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA  
UF  

Gimme shelter

Universities to restore sponges in parts of Florida Bay

Marine sponges may not look like apartment buildings, but to shrimps, juvenile lobsters and other animals in Florida Bay, the puffy filter-feeders provide one of the few safe places to live. University of Florida and Old Dominion University researchers are trying to restore the invertebrates by slicing up healthy sponges, then planting the cuttings in affected areas to grow and reproduce. (UF News)

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A look inside lightning-zapped Lake Eola fountain
RICARDO RAMIREZ BUXEDA
Orlando Sentinel

Orlando's icon zapped by lightning
When lightning zapped the Lake Eola fountain three weeks ago, Orlando's most well-known symbol was already showing its age. Its changing spray patterns were down to just two: high and low. And it was only partly illuminated. But now that a Florida thunderstorm has stopped the cascade of water that partially masked the 52-year-old's wrinkles, its shortcomings have never been more obvious.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) in Nevada by pressing a key in Washington to signal the startup of the dam's first hydroelectric generator.

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