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Did You Know!

Florida is essentially floating on a massive underground freshwater ocean.

Beneath Florida lies the Floridan Aquifer, one of the largest and most productive freshwater aquifers on Earth. It supplies drinking water to nearly 10 million people across Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina.

What makes this surprising:

• Florida has over 1,000 natural freshwater springs, more than any other state
• Many rivers and lakes are fed from below, not by rainfall
• The same limestone that stores this water is why Florida has so many sinkholes

In simple terms, much of Florida’s water doesn’t flow on the land — it flows under it, unseen.

That hidden freshwater system is one reason Florida could support large populations long before modern reservoirs or dams existed — and why water management is such a big issue today.