Probing the Plumbing of Wakulla Spring: Instrumentation and Preliminary Results

Wakulla Spring is a first-magnitude spring fed by flow within a dendritic network of deep (~ 85 m below the water table) karst tunnels and having many notable hydrologic features, including flashy discharge, constancy of water temperature (less than 1°C) and strong tidal influence (observed in flow, temperature, electrical conductivity and water level). Beginning in 2004 an ambitious program, funded by the Florida Geological Survey and strongly …