High Springs Water Plant and the Santa Fe

[wingman]

Yesterday i was told by a real estate agent in high springs that the water plant on the way to ginnie has been purchased and Pepsi was mentioned. Anyone have any additional info on that?

The Santa Fe is sure low in spots, at the 441 (west side) bridge you can walk across and stay dry water was flowing west from the Hornsby and river rise. At the 27 bridge there was water and the flow was away from Ginnie (east) and towards the 441 bridge. Did a hike in the river rise park area between the 27 and 441 bridges (horse area) and found the point where the differential river flows met...looked for a swallet but did not see one, guess the river bed is just shallow in the area. It was pretty much dry and the deer were in the middle of the river bottom munching on the new growth, you would definitely have to portage canoes or kayaks a ways. I would also think if you want to canoe or kayak the Santa Fe the best place to put in is the 27 bridge launch and head west. Bill

[Leslie Sapp]

http://www.gainesville.com/article/2...CLES/120509772

[bletso]

So the question is, on whose payroll are the commissioners?

Dale

[a64pilot]

The problem it's easier to be an environmentalist if your employed. If your kids are doing without, then what's a little water being pumped from the ground if it gives you a job?

[bletso]

The problem it's easier to be an environmentalist if your employed. If your kids are doing without, then what's a little water being pumped from the ground if it gives you a job?

And then tomorrow, what about your kids? The guys making the decisions are fat and happy and are looking for rather short term gains and ways to line their pockets with cash or votes. They spend the same, and our children will pay with interest. Oh, you can take that to the bank, whatever good that will do you...

I am not a true environmentalist but, we have not been good stuarts, nor have we been making good decisions.

Dale

[skip]

You worked for Coca-Cola; they closed the doors. Someone else plans to open the doors again. You can't blame folks for wanting to get back to work. What is the alternative? What other jobs or business could be created in Gilchrist County? It's easy to decry the loss of water (and it should be our most pressing concern no doubt), but solutions are needed, not simply protests. Maybe someone could convince Apple to come to Gilchrist County? I heard they are looking for a place in the USA to manufacture Ipads.

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[OFG-1]

I heard they are looking for a place in the USA to manufacture Ipads.

Yes, but you could not get a redneck to work for $3.00 a day and a bowl of fish heads and rice.

[a64pilot]

This is drinking water? It's not some kind of water used for an industrial process by the millions of gallons and then once it's polluted, dumped back into the environment like water used in a paper mill?
Your right, we have to conserve water, because there is only just so much and we are apparently using it faster than it is being replenished, but are we supposed to tell people to drink less water? I'm more against bottled water because of the plastic bottles than I am against the water use.
Watering lawns and golf courses, I think we can do without, and maybe find out which Industrial users are the biggest and find ways to cut back on that, but I think you beating your head against the wall going after water bottlers, but that's just my opinion.

[FW]

This is drinking water? It's not some kind of water used for an industrial process by the millions of gallons and then once it's polluted, dumped back into the environment like water used in a paper mill?
Your right, we have to conserve water, because there is only just so much and we are apparently using it faster than it is being replenished, but are we supposed to tell people to drink less water? I'm more against bottled water because of the plastic bottles than I am against the water use.
Watering lawns and golf courses, I think we can do without, and maybe find out which Industrial users are the biggest and find ways to cut back on that, but I think you beating your head against the wall going after water bottlers, but that's just my opinion.

It would be fine, if the water bottled in Florida stayed in Florida. A LOT of it is shipped out of the state, thus lowering the aquifer.

[Danseur]

Exactly. If it stayed in FL it would essentially be borrowed and returned.