Tampa Bay Times — Farmers in Hillsborough and Polk counties pumped nearly 1 billion gallons of water a day out of the aquifer during the 11-day cold snap this month, causing 85 reported sinkholes in the region and about 700 complaints of dried-up or damaged residential wells, according to figures released Tuesday by the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
That 1 billion gallon figure is 16 times the normal average permitted quantity of 60 million gallons a day that the farmers can use....
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