Charlotte, De Soto, and Hardee counties are east-southeast of
Tampa in west-central peninsular Florida, figure 1. In order to
plan the future water-resource development of the area, information
about the water resources is needed. To meet this need, the Water
Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation
with the Peace River Basin Board of the Southwest Florida Water
Management District as part of the statewide cooperative program
with the Division of Geology, Florida Board of Conservation, began
a continuing hydrologic data collection program in July, 1963, as
an initial step in the investigation and evaluation of the groundwater
resources of Hardee and De Soto counties. A similar hydrologic
data program commenced in Charlotte County in July, 1964.
Previous work in Hardee and De Soto counties included a
one year reconnaissance by the Division of Water Resources and
Conservation, Florida Board of Conservation, which concluded in
June, 1963, and resulted in a hydrologic report (Woodard, 1964).
As an outgrowth of the hydrologic data program, a Map Series
report portraying the chemical character of water in the Floridan
aquifer in the southern Peace River basin was prepared in 1967
(Kaufman and Dion).
The data contained herein constitute the basis for the Map
Series report. Additional selected data, including records of wells
and chemical analyses,, on the ground-water resources of the three
county area are also included and are published to make the data
available.
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