THE ARTESIAN WATER SUPPLY OF EASTERN AND 
SOUTHERN FLORIDA 
E. H. SELLARDS AND HERMAN GUNTER. 
INTRODUCTION. 
A study of the water supply of Florida was begun in 1907 
as co-operative work between the Florida State Geological Sur¬ 
vey and the National Geological Survey. The first paper was 
issued in 1908 as Bulletin No. 1 of the Florida State Geological 
Survey, and relates to the underground water of Central Florida. 
The second paper of the series was published by the State Sur¬ 
vey in 1910 and related to the water supply of the counties of 
Eastern Florida. A third paper included in the Fourth Annual 
Report, 1912, extended the study of the water supply to the 
counties of West Central and West Florida. The present paper 
includes a reprint of the paper on the water supply of Eastern 
Florida, published in 1910, revised to include a report on the 
water supply of Southern Florida. 
The writers are indebted to the many well drillers and well 
owners who have contributed data regarding wells. Among the 
many who have given assistance the following should be especially 
mentioned: Messrs. Bellough & Melton, J. M. Chambers, C. I. 
Cragin, Dr. E. S. Crill, Capt. R. N. Ellis, Hughes Specialty Well 
Drilling Co., W. E. Holmes, John McAllister, Dr. J. N. Mac- 
Gonigle, McGuire & McDonald, W. J. Nesbitt, Hugh Partridge, 
H. Walker, Dr. DeWitt Webb, J. W. Wiggins, H. Van Dorn, 
W. D. Holcomb, G. A. Miller, and Mr. Holmes of the water 
supply department of the Florida East Coast Railway, J. C. Dan¬ 
ielson, T. J. Zimmerman, F. S. Gilbert, W. F. Hamilton, Dibble 
and Earnest, The Artesian Well Co., D. W. Brown, F. J. White 
& Co., Sydner Pump and Well Co., E. J. Pettigrew, J. O. Edson, 
F. B. Bradley, and C. E. Reid. 
