Water conservation is an important responsibility that we all share. For more information on ways to more effectively conserve water, please visit the St. Johns River Water Management District's water conservation page.
The Geneva freshwater lens is an isolated flow system within the upper Floridan aquifer surrounded and underlain by brackish water. The lens is sustained entirely by recharge from a surficial aquifer and sits atop a regional flow system which discharges around the fringes of the lens along the St. Johns River.
Continual development of groundwater supply in the Geneva, FL area has raised the concern of how much additional pumping can be allowed from various sites within the lens without adversely impacting water quality by inducing the invasion or upconing of salty water.