Workshop Introduction

Workshop Introduction Problem Statement Wakulla Spring is the third largest spring in Florida and one of the best known. The spring is the centerpiece of Wakulla Springs State Park, considered the crown jewel of the Florida parks. It discharges an average of 250 million gallons of water per day from the Floridan aquifer to form the Wakulla River. It has the largest range of discharge of any spring in Florida, ~80 million gallons per day at low stage and > 1 billion gallons per day at high stage. The sheer size of the spring basin is uniquely impressive being several hundred feet across and more than 100 feet deep. The spring pool contains the entrance to one of the longest and deepest underwater caves in the world having more than 10 miles of mapped passages that extend both north and south from the spring.