Quote Originally Posted by KarsticGator View Post
I'm a cave diver and I drink the hell out of the stuff. And just to clarify, spring water withdrawal permits don't allow the company to "pump" from the aquifer, but rather capture a portion of the discharge of the spring. In other words, there is ZERO effect on the potentiometric surface of the aquifer. (Unlike municipal production wells.)

Let me ask you a question... what happens to the water, if Nestle doesn't bottle if from Ginnie Springs?
The residents on Spring Lake in Marianna would differ with your assement of "zero effect" after Zephrhills Bottlers pumped water from one of the springs until you could not move a shallow draft canoe along the lake. I watched 18 wheeled tankers line up along Hwy 167 day and night for several years to syphon off the spring water to haul it south.

I understand they pulled out when they were syphoning more sand than water from the spring......BYE BYE ......SO LONG......SEE YA.