Karst Underwater Research

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Weeki Wachee Spring Weeki Wachee Spring (2007)
Hernando County, FL
From May until August, 2007, the KUR team successfully executed exploration dives and the necessary in-water decompression to explore approximately 6,700 feet in multiple passages at an average depth of 265 ffw with a maximum depth of 407 ffw.
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Double Keyhole Double Keyhole (2008, 2009)
At the edge of Fillman's Bayou, a series of exsurgences, karst windows and swallets exist in close proximity to each other just west of the westernmost Sun West query. This cluster of karst features is located west of Old Dixie Highway and just north of the man-made canal that passes underneath Old Dixie Highway.
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Chassahowitzka WMA Chassahowitzka WMA (2006 - 2007)
Hernando County, FL
Work started in 2006 has resulted in a compilation of initial fieldwork and interviews with local residents and has limited information about the karst features within the study area. It will be followed by a superseding, companion document that will provide complete characterizations of all identified karst features within the Chassahowitzka Swamp.
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Dobbes Hole Dobes Hole Spring (2006)
During April of 2006, KUR divers performed two exploratory dives in the system. The teams have gone approximately 500 feet in the system and reached a maximum depth of 123 feet fresh water (ffw).
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Hidden River Hidden River (2005)
This inland creek is created from the resurgence of a series of small springs. The water flows for approximately one mile above ground westward to a terminal pond where the water returns underground.
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Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs (1994)
Hillsborough County, FL
In 1994, KUR explored Sulphur Springs to provide the city of Tampa, Florida with survey data of the cave system and identify possible intrusion points within the system. The city also expressed an interest in the fluctuations in the chloride levels at the spring.
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