Saturday, October 31, 2015

Wall Springs

Temp: 82 degrees
Cloud coverage: 10%

The purpose of our visit was to observe the karst topography and springs. Wall springs was originally owned by the Wall family and was purchased by Charles F. Wall on February 28, 1884 and was later sold to Harry Davis in 1927. Harry changed the name to Health springs and turned the area into a resort. The spring was then renamed to Wall Springs when it was acquired by Pinellas county in the late 80s.

The spring pumps out 3000 gallons of water per minute producing around 4.2million gallons of water a day. There were so many fish in the park, and they were clearly visible through the water.

 Springs PH is 7 salinity 2-3

 Bayou salinity 16-17 ph of 6