South Florida’s sapped of water. The kind of downpours we need to relieve the region’s dangerously dry conditions are not in the immediate forecast.
Miami-Dade has only seen 3.72 inches of rainfall since Nov. 1. That amount is just half of what should have fallen to keep groundwater levels at the Biscayne Aquifer healthy. The Aquifer, which is in the lower 10th percentile of historic levels, provides most of the drinking water for South Florida. When it gets too low, there’s a risk of salt water in the drinking supply.
As a result, the South Florida Water Management District issued a Water Shortage Warning for Miami-Dade and Monroe counties last week, along with Collier, Glades, Highlands and Lee counties…