The South Florida Water Management District manages and protects water resources. It is also responsible for improving water quality and water supply.
South Florida Water Management District
water system in south florida
Gulf of Mexico
The major body of water located east of Florida is the Atlantic Ocean.
The large body of water which is south of Louisiana and west of Florida is the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico is a part of the Atlantic Ocean and is connected to it through the Florida Straits.
It's a major threat to south Florida because it is surrounded by salty sea. Estuaries and bays let salt water in, making the fresh water that is in the lakes and streams and often the water table undrinkable
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the Gulf of Mexico.
It is the Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf of Mexico
The St. Johns River Water Management District and most Florida state agencies use a figure of 310 miles for the length of the St. Johns River. Water control structures put in place by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation with the South Florida Water Management District sometime in the 1960's splits the Upper St. Johns River watershed marshland. At about the Indian River County boundary with St. Lucie County, the watershed in St. Lucie County is diverted to the south. From the southerly boundary of Indian River County the Upper St. Johns River is allowed to flow northward. It is not clear whether the 310 mile figure represents the original upper watershed marshland area or whether it includes the Fort Drum tributary stream watershed which extends southwest of the main basin and into St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties.
the gulf of Mexico.