Whats New?

The next working group meeting is April 8, 2008 at the Lake City Water Plant.

Next Ichetucknee Springs Old Timers Day is April 5, 2008

A Chinese proverb says "When you drink the water, remember the spring." In addition, when you wash your car, water the lawn or flush the toilet, remember the spring - it is the same water. If you care about your water supply in Columbia County, read this Call To Action.

Come to the Ichetucknee Springs Appreciation Day April 12, 2008.

Our accomplishments during 2006

Did you know?

Water easily flows through karst limestone as it moves into and through the aquifer that supplies our drinking water and spring water. During a recent study, dye was injected into sinks in Clayhole Creek, and in two days it traveled three miles to Rose Sink. The dye was also found in the drinking water wells of the Columbia City Elementary School located between Clayhole Creek and Rose Sink. Contaminated stormwater flows out of Lake City into Clayhole Creek, then through the sinkholes to caves that reach the school wells. Read more about water pollution in the Ichetucknee and follow the Ichetucknee Springs Basin Story.

Manatees in the Ichetucknee

Since 2002, manatees have been visiting the lush habitat of the Ichetucknee River. Because of a natural limerock sill (bar) at the mouth of the Ichetucknee, manatees can only enter the Ichetucknee when the level of the Santa Fe River is high enough to provide enough depth for them to swim over the sill. Since the Santa Fe has been low for nearly a year, the last report of manatees in the Ichetucknee was in April, 2006.

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