Where Our Water Comes From |Have you ever thought about where
your water comes from? Seminole County's drinking water is
pumped from groundwater. Groundwater is the underground water
found in the spaces between soil particles and rocks and in
cracks of the bedrock. There are two main layers of groundwater
beneath us, the surficial aquifer and the Floridan Aquifer. Less
than 1% of the water people use comes from the surficial
aquifer. Click to view larger picture Seminole County has 31
wells that are drilled between 400 and 1000 feet down into the
Floridan Aquifer. The Floridan Aquifer provides high quality
water that requires little treatment. This keeps your water bill
low. The fresh water in the Floridan Aquifer started
accumulating during the last Ice Age. The water you are drinking
may be up to 26,000 years old! The aquifer is constantly being
replenished by water from rainfall and lakes seeping into the
ground. In other areas, groundwater discharges into springs and
rivers. This is all part of the Water