The water stored in the aquifers is being pumped out of the ground faster than it is replenished. According to USGS, “The volume of groundwater in storage is decreasing in many areas of the United States in response to pumping. Groundwater depletion is primarily caused by sustained groundwater pumping”. Some of the causes of groundwater depletion are the drying up of wells, drastic reduction of water in streams and lakes, and increased pumping costs. There is also the deterioration of our water quality due to illegal dumping of hazardous chemicals into lakes, rivers, and the ground near them which contaminates these areas. “Groundwater pumping can alter how water moves between an aquifer and a stream, lake, or wetland by either intercepting groundwater flow that discharges into the surface-water body under natural conditions, or by increasing the rate of water movement from the surface-water body into an aquifer” (USGS). An effect of groundwater pumping is the water levels below the surface decreases and the plants, vegetation, and some wildlife die because they need it survive. One of the locations on the Atlantic Coastal Plain that is experiencing the effects related to groundwater depletion is the Floridian Aquifer. The surface water flows have been reduced partly because of the saltwater intrusion that is occurring in the coastal areas of Brunswick and Savannah, Georgia, and Jacksonville and Miami, Florida. In central Florida the commercial and residential development has ultimately led to saltwater intrusion which has at times taken on in the form of sinkholes. There is also great concern about surface-water depletion from lakes in the area. This is also becoming a large problem in northern central part of Florida as well. The Floridian aquifer lies underneath the whole state of Florida, most of southern Georgia, and also in some parts of Alabama and