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Barr, G.L., 1996, Hydrogeology of the surficial and intermediate aquifer systems in Sarasota and adjacent counties, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4063, 81 p.

Barr, G.L., and Fernandez, Mario, Jr., 1981, Water-quality data from a landfill-leachate treatment and disposal site, Pinellas County, Florida, January 1979-August 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1064, 76 p.

Berndt, M.P., 1990, Sources and distribution of nitrate in ground water at a farmed field irrigated with sewage treatment-plant effluent, Tallahassee, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4006, 33 p.

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Berndt, M.P. and Katz, B.G., 1992, Hydrochemistry of the Surficial and Intermediate Aquifer Systems in Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4186, 37 p.

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Causaras, C.R., 1982, Annotated bibliography of the geology and hydrology of the surficial aquifers in Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-154, 59 p.

Causaras, C.R., 1985, Geology of the surficial aquifer system, Broward County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4068, 167 p, 2 sheets.

Causaras, C.R., 1987, Geology of the surficial aquifer system, Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4126, 240 p, 3 sheets.

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Chin, D.A., 1990, A method to estimate canal leakage to the Biscayne aquifer, Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4135, 32 p.

Crandall, C.A., 1996, Shallow ground-water quality in selected agricultural areas of south-central Georgia, 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4083, 23 p.

Crandall, C.A., 2000, Distribution, movement, and fate of nitrate in the surficial aquifer beneath citrus groves, Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4057, 69 p.

Crandall, C.A., and Berndt, M.P., 1996, Water quality of surficial aquifers in the Georgia-Florida coastal plain: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4269, 28 p.

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Cunningham, K.J., Bukry, David, Sato, Tokiyuki, Barron, J.A., Guertin, L.A., and Reese, R.S., 2001, Sequence Stratigraphy of a South Florida Carbonate Ramp and Bounding Siliciclastics (Late Miocene-Pliocene): in Missimer, T.M., and Scott, T.M., eds., Geology and Hydrology of Lee County, Florida--Durward H. Boggess Memorial Symposium: Tallahassee, Florida Geological Survey Special Publication 49, p. 35-66,

Cunningham, K.J., Carlson, J.L., Wingard, G.L., Robinson, Edward, and Wacker, M.A., 2004, Characterization of Aquifer Heterogeneity Using Cyclostratigraphy and Geophysical Methods in the Upper Part of the Karstic Biscayne Aquifer, Southeastern Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4208, 66 p., 5 apps., 5 pl., 1 CD.

Fischer, J.N., 1980, Evaluation of a cavity-riddled zone of the shallow aquifer near Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-60, 39 p.

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Frick, E.A., and Crandall, C.A., 1995, Water quality in surficial aquifers in two agricultural areas in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, in Hatcher, Kathryn J., ed., 1995: U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 9-13.

Frick, E.A., Hippe, D.J., Buell, G.R., Couch, C.A., Hopkins, E.H., Wangsness, D.J., and Garrett, J.W., 1998, Water Quality in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1164, p. 40.

Haag, K.H., Miller, R.L., Bradner, L.A., and McCulloch, D.S., 1996, Water-quality assessment of southern Florida: An overview of available information on surface- and ground-water quality and ecology: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4177, 42 p.

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Halford, K.J., 1998b, Ground-water flow in the surficial aquifer system and potential movement of contaminants from selected waste-disposal sites at Naval Station Mayport, Florida: WRIR 97-4262, 104 p.

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Howie, Barbara, 1987, Chemical characteristics of water in the surficial aquifer, Broward County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4330, 2 sheets.

Howie, Barbara, 1992, Effects of dried wastewater-treatment sludge application on ground-water quality in south Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4135, 48 p.

Howie, Barbara, and Waller, B.G., 1986, Chemical effects of highway runoff on the surficial aquifer, Broward County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4200, 41 p.

Katz, B.G., 1991, Persistence of a soil fumigant (1,2-dibromoethane) in ground water, Florida, USA, in Hydrological Science and Technology: American Institute of Hydrology, v. 5, p. 65-74.

Katz, B.G., 1993a, Biogeochemical and hydrological processes controlling the transport and fate of 1,2-Dibromoethane (EDB) in soil and ground water, central Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2402, 35 p.

Katz, B.G., 1993b, Patterns and rates of chemical evolution of groundwater near a sinkhole lake, northern Florida: Tallahassee, Florida State University, Ph.D. Dissertation, 180 p.

Klein, Howard, and Hull, J.E., 1978, Biscayne aquifer, southeast Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-107, 52 p.

Klein, Howard, and Ratzlaff, K.W., 1989, Changes in saltwater intrusion in the Biscayne aquifer, Hialeah-Miami Springs area, Dade county, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4249, 1 sheet.

Koszalka, E.J., 1995, Delineation of saltwater intrusion in the Biscayne aquifer, eastern Broward County, Florida, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water- Resources Investigations Report 93-4164, 1 sheet.

Leeth, David C., 1998, Hydrogeology of the surficial aquifer in the vicinity of a former landfill, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Camden County, Georgia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4246, 28 p.

Leeth, David C., 2001, Soil Chemistry and Ground-Water Quality of the Water-Table Zone of the Surficial Aquifer, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Camden County, Georgia, 1998 and 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4272, 23 p. 

Lietz, A.C., Dixon, Joann, and Byrne, Michael, 2002, Average altitude of the water table (1990-99) and frequency analysis of water levels (1974-99) in the Biscayne Aquifer, Miami-Dade County, Florida: OFR 02-91, map sheet.

McKenzie, D.J., 1982, Water-quality reconnaissance of the north Dade County solid-waste disposal facility, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-753, 43 p.

McKenzie, D.J., 1983, Water quality at and adjacent to the south Dade County solid-waste disposal facility, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4003, 37 p.

McKenzie, D.J., and Irwin, G.A., 1984, Quality of water recovered from a municipal effluent injection well in the Floridan aquifer system, Pompano Beach, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4100, 23 p.

McKenzie, D.J., Irwin, G.A., 1988, Effects of two storm-water management methods on the quality of water in the upper Biscayne aquifer at two commercial areas in Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4069, 22 p.

McPherson, B.F., and Halley Robert, 1996, The south Florida environment--A region under stress: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1134, 61 p.

McPherson, B.F., Hendrix, G.Y., Klein, Howard, and Tyus, H.M., 1976, The environment of south Florida, a summary report: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1011, 81 p.

McPherson, B.F., Higer, A.L., Gerould, Sarah, and Kantrowitz, I.H., 1995, South Florida ecosystem program of the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS 134-95, 4 p.

McPherson, B.F., Miller, R.L., Haag, K.H., and Bradner, L.A., 2000, Water quality in Southern Florida, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1207, 32 p.

Maddox, G.L., Lloyd, T.M., Scott, J.M., Upchurch, S.B., and Rick Copeland, eds., 1992, Florida ’s Ground Water Quality Monitoring Program Background Hydrogeochemistry: Florida Geological Survey Special Publication No. 34. Tallahassee, Florida .

Marella, R.L., 1998, Water-quality assessment of southern Florida--wastewater discharges and runoff: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 032-98, 6 p.

Marella, R.L., 1999, Water withdrawals, use, discharge, and trends in Florida, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4002, 90 p.

Marella, R.L., and Fanning, J.L., 1996, National water quality assessment of the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain Study Unit--water withdrawals and treated wastewater discharges, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4084, 76 p.

Merritt, M.L., 1995a, Simulation of the water-table altitude in the Biscayne aquifer, southern Dade County, Florida, 1945-89: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-337, 160 p., 9 pls.

Merritt, M.L., 1995b, Numerical simulation of a plume of brackish water in the Biscayne aquifer originating from a flowing artesian well, Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-402.

Merritt, M.L., 1996a, Assessment of saltwater intrusion in southern coastal Broward County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4221, 133 p.

Merritt, M.L., 1996b, Numerical simulation of a plume of brackish water in the Biscayne aquifer originating from a flowing artesian well, Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2464, 74 p.

Merritt, M.L., 1997a, Computation of the time-varying flow rate from an artesian well in central Dade County, Florida, by analytical and numerical simulation methods: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2491, 44 p.

Merritt, M.L., 1997b, Simulation of the water-table altitude in the Biscayne aquifer, southern Dade County, Florida, Water Years 1945-89: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2458, 148 p., 9 plates.

Merritt, M.L., 1997c, Tests of subsurface storage of fresh-water at Hialeah, Dade County, Florida, and numerical simulation of the salinity of recovered water: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Summary Paper 2431, 114 p.

Marella, R.L., 2004, Water withdrawals, use, discharge, and trends in Florida, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5151,136 p.

Miller, R.A., 1978, Water-resources setting, Martin County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-68, 37 p.

Miller, W.L., 1980, Geologic aspects of the surficial aquifer in the upper East Coast Planning Area, southeast Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Open-File Report 80-586, 2 sheets.

Miller, W.L., 1986, Lithology and base of the surficial aquifer system, Palm Beach County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4067, 1 sheet.

Miller, W.L., 1988, Description and evaluation of the effects of urban and agricultural development on the surficial aquifer system, Palm Beach County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4056, 58 p.

Miller, W.L., 1992, Hydrogeology and migration of septic-tank effluent in the surficial aquifer system in the northern Midlands area, Palm Beach County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4175, 69 p.

Miller, W.L., and Alvarez, J. A., 1984, Public supply water use, Palm Beach County, Florida, 1978-82: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-240, 14 p.

Miller, W.L., and Lietz, A. C., 1976, Quality-of-water data, Palm Beach County, Florida, 1970-75: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-784, 100 p.

Navoy, A.S., and Bradner, L.A., 1987, Ground-water resources of Flagler County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4021, 45 p.

Phelps, G.G., 1978a, Chemical quality of water used for municipal supply in Florida, 1975: Florida Bureau of Geology Map Series 82.

Phelps, G.G., 1978b, Principal uses of freshwater in Florida, 1975: Florida Bureau of Geology Map Series 83.

Phelps, G.G., 1991, Geology, hydrology, and water quality of the surficial aquifer system in Volusia County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4069, 67 p.

Phelps, G.G., 1994, Water resources of Duval County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4130, 78 p.

Radell, M.J., and Katz, B.G., 1991, Major-ion and selected trace-metal chemistry of the Biscayne aquifer, southeast Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4009, 18 p.

Renken, R.A., Patterson, R.D., Orzol, L.L., and Dixon, Joann, 2001, Approach for Delineation of Contributing Areas and Zones of Transport to Selected Public-Supply Wells Using a Regional Ground-Water Flow Model, Palm Beach County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4158, 56 p., plus CD.

Russell, G.M., and Higer, A.L., 1988, Assessment of ground-water contamination near Lantana landfill, southeast Florida: Ground Water, v. 26, no. 2, p. 156-164.

Russell, G.M., and Wexler, E.J., 1993, Hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow near the Lantana landfill, Palm Beach County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4107, 55 p.

 Schiffer, D.M., 1988, Effects of Three Highway-runoff Detention methods on Water Quality of the Surficial Aquifer System in Central Florida: U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4170, 79 p.

Schiner, G.R., Laughlin, C.P., and Toth, D.J., 1988, Geohydrology of Indian River County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4073, 110 p.

Schmerge, D.L., 2001, Distribution and origin of salinity in the Surficial and Intermediate Aquifer Systems, southwestern Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4159, 41 p.

Scott, W.B., 1977, Hydraulic conductivity and water quality of the shallow aquifer, Palm Beach County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-119, 22 p.

Scott, W.B., Land, L.F., and Rodis, H.G., 1977, Saltwater intrusion in the shallow aquifer in Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-135, 1 sheet.

Sonenshein, R.S., 1997a, Delineation and extent of saltwater intrusion in the Biscayne aquifer, eastern Dade County, Florida, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4285, 1 sheet.

Sonenshein, R.S., 1997b, Quantifying seepage beneath Levee 30, Dade County, Florida [abs.], in USGS Survey Program on the south Florida Ecosystem-- Proceedings of the technical symposium in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, August 25-27, 1997, p. 87-88.

Sonenshein, R.S., 1997c, Evaluation of the design of a regional ground-water quality monitoring network, Broward County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4175, 57 p.

Sonenshein, R.S., 2001, Methods to Quantify Seepage Beneath Levee 30, Miami-Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4074, 36 p.

Sonenshein, R.S., Causaras, C.R., and Fish, J.E., 1984, Index of hydrologic data for selected sites in Dade County, Florida, 1923-80: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-430, 3 sheets.

Sonenshein, R.S., Causaras, C.R., and Fish, J.E., 1986, Index of hydrologic data for selected sites in Palm Beach County, Florida, 1928-80: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-54, 3 sheets.

Sonenshein, R.S., Fish, J.E., Causaras, C.R., and Poore, D.M., 1982, Index of hydrologic data for selected sites in Broward County, Florida, 1939-80: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-920, 39 p, and 4 sheets.

Sonenshein, R.S., and Hofstetter, R.H., 1990, Hydrologic effects of well-field operations in a wetland, Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4143, 16 p.

Sonenshein, R.S., and Koszalka, E.J., 1996, Trends in water-table altitude (1984-93) and saltwater intrusion (1974-93) in the Biscayne aquifer, Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-705, 2 sheets.

Sonntag, W.H., 1987, Chemical characteristics of water in the surficial aquifer system, Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4080, 42 p, 2 plates.

Spechler, R.M., 1982, Generalized configuration of the top of the limestone unit of the lower part of the surficial aquifer, Duval County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Open-File Report 82-336, 1 sheet.

Spechler, R.M., and Hampson, P.S., 1984, Ground-water resources of St. Johns County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4187, 49 p.

Spechler, R.M., and Stone, R.B., Jr., 1983, Appraisal of the interconnection between the St. Johns River and the surficial aquifer, east-central Duval County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4109, 34 p.

Swancar, Amy, 1996, Water quality, pesticide occurrence, and effects of irrigation with reclaimed water at golf courses in Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4250, 86 p.

Tihansky, A.B., and Sacks, L.A., 1997, Evaluation of nitrate sources using nitrogen-isotope techniques in shallow ground water within selected Lake Basins in the central Lakes District, Polk and Highlands Counties, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4207, 28 p.

Vecchioli, John, and Foose, D.W., 1985, Florida ground-water resources, in National Water Summary 1984--Hyrologic events, selected water-quality trends, and ground-water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2275, p. 173-178

Waller, B.G., 1983, Effects of land use on ground-water quality in the East Everglades, Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4093, 67 p.

Waller, B.G., and Cannon, F.L., 1986, Water-quality data for the ground-water network in eastern Broward County, Florida, 1983-84: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-313, 68 p.

Waller, B.G., and Howie, Barbara, 1988, Determining nonpoint source contamination by agricultural chemicals in an unconfined aquifer, Dade County, Florida: Procedures and preliminary results, in Collins, A.G., and Johnson, A.I., eds., Ground-water Contamination Field Methods: American Society for Testing and Materials 1988, p. 459-467.

Waller, B.G., Howie, Barbara, and Causaras, C.R., 1987, Effluent migration from septic tank systems in two different lithologies, Broward County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4075, 22 p.

Waller, B.G., Klein, Howard, and Lefkoff, L.J., 1984, Attenuation of stormwater contaminants from highway runoff within unsaturated limestone, Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report 84-4083, 13 p.

Yobbi, D.K., 2002, Testing the Sensitivity of Pumpage to Increases in Surficial Aquifer System Heads in the Cypress Creek Well-Field Area, West-Central Florida - An Optimization Technique: WRIR 02-4086, 20 p.

Floridan Aquifer System

Adamski, J.C., and German, E.R., 2004, Hydrogeology and Quality of Ground Water in Orange County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4257, 113 p.

Adamski, J.C., and Knowles, Leel, Jr., 2001, Ground-Water Quality of the Surficial Aquifer System and the Upper Floridan Aquifer, Ocala National Forest and Lake County, Florida, 1990-99: WRIR 01-4008, 51 p.

Aucott, W.R., 1988, Areal variation in recharge to and discharge from the Floridan aquifer system in Florida :  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4057, 1 sheet.

Aucott, W.R., Davis, M.E., and Speiran, G.K., 1987, Geohydrologic framework of the coastal plain aquifer of South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4271, 7 sheets.

Back, William, 1963, Preliminary results of a study of calcium carbonate saturation of ground water in central Florida: International Association of Scientific Hydrology, v. 8, no. 3, p. 43-51.

Back, William, Cherry, R.N., and Hanshaw, B.B., 1966, Chemical equilibrium between the water and minerals of a carbonate aquifer: National Speleological Society Bulletin, v. 28, no. 3, p. 119-126.

Back, William, and Hanshaw, B.B., 1970, Comparison of chemical hydrogeology of the carbonate peninsulas of Florida and Yucatan: Journal of Hydrology, v. 10, no. 4, p. 330-368.

Back, William, and Hanshaw, B.B., 1971a, Geochemical interpretations of groundwater flow systems: American Water Resources Association Bulletin, v. 7, no. 5.

Back, William, and Hanshaw, B.B., 1971b, Rates of physical and chemical processes in a carbonate aquifer: American Chemical Society, Advances in Chemistry Series, no. 106.

Beck, B.F., and Sinclair, W.C., 1986, Sinkholes in Florida : An Introduction: The Florida Sinkhole Research Institute, Report 85-86-4.

Berndt, M.P., 1990, Sources and distribution of nitrate in ground water at a farmed field irrigated with sewage treatment-plant effluent, Tallahassee, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4006, 33 p.

Berndt, M.P., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program-Preliminary assessment of nitrate distribution in ground water in the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain study unit, 1972-90: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-478, 8 p.

Berndt, M.P., 1996, Ground-water quality assessment of the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain study unit--Analysis of available information on nutrients, 1972-92: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4039, 39 p.

Berndt, M.P., Hatzell, H.H., Crandall, C.A., Turtora, M., Pittman, J.R., and Oaksford, E.T., 1998, Water quality in the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain, Florida and Georgia, 1992-96: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 1151, 34 p.

Berndt, Marian P., Katz, Brian G., Lindsey, Bruce D., Ardis, Ann F., and Skach, Kenneth A., 2005. Comparison of water chemistry in spring and well samples from selected carbonate aquifers in the United States, in U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Rapid City, South Dakota, September 12-15, 2005, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5160, p. 74-81.

Berndt, M.P., Oaksford, E.T., Darst, M.R., and Marella, R.L., 1996, Environmental setting and factors that affect water quality in the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain study unit: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4268, 46 p.

Berndt, M.P., Oaksford, E.T., and Mahon, G.L., 1998, Chapter 3, Groundwater, in: Fernald, E.A., and Purdum, E.D., editors, Water resources atlas of Florida: Florida State University, Institute of Science and Public Affairs, p. 38-63.

Bradner, L.A., 1986, Hydrogeology of the Lake Miona area, northeast Sumter County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4002, 1 sheet.

Bradner, L.A., 1988, Hydrology of the Floral City Pool of Tsala Apopka Lake, west-central Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4024, 44 p. 1 plate.

Bradner, L.A., 1991, Water quality in the upper Floridan aquifer in the vicinity of drainage wells, Orlando, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4175, 57 p.

Bradner, L.A., 1994, Ground-water resources of Okeechobee County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4166, 41 p.

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Sprinkle, C.L., 1982d, Total hardness of water from the upper permeable zone of the Tertiary limestone aquifer system, southeastern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Open-File Report 81-1102, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.

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Steinkampf, W.C., 1982, Origins and distribution of saline ground waters in the Floridan aquifer in coastal southwest Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4052, 34 p.

Stewart, J.W., 1980, Areas of natural recharge to the Floridan aquifer in Florida : Florida Bureau of Geology Map Series 98, 1 sheet.

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Thompson, T.H., 1982, Chemical quality of water in the upper part of the Floridan aquifer, Duval County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water- Resources Investigations Open-File Report 82-119, 4 maps.

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