Water is being shiped down south as well which impact the Aquaifer. Additionally there is several sand plants in the Keystone Heights area. The facts about how many commerical buisness in the area use excessive water is not addressed by the press, or the Water management district for that matter. They to busy passing watering restirctions on homes instead. This is not lost on the local people when hard times hit.

Seems like the water reductions began to really become significant after the water bottling plants were given permission to extract water (literally millions of gallons a day) from the St. Johns River Water Management area a number of years ago. Also seems to have had a negative effect on water management in Duval County from about the same period. Someone needs to look into this impact on our water concerns in Clay and Duval. It is a fact water travels North to the St John's River in Jacksonville, from the springs which feed it in South Florida.