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It's not only the aquifer's fresh water that's at risk: the state's signature crop, potatoes, would also be affected.
The aquifer's northern reaches still hold enough water in many places to last hundreds of years.
But the aquifer's only natural recharge comes from rain and snow.
The dispute has prompted some city officials to begin asking how development should be handled over the aquifer's recharge zone.
It is twisting and crushing well casings, and could eventually reduce the underground aquifer's water storage potential.
The development would sit atop the aquifer's "recharge zone," a fragile area where rainwater seeps through limestone to refill the aquifer below.
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Subhi Radwan, the mayor of Rafah, told Al Jazeera: "This will damage the aquifer, Rafah's underground water.
Coral Springs' water supply comes from the Biscayne Aquifer, South Florida's primary source of drinking water.
Salt water replaced fresh water in the canals, and by 1997 scientists noticed that salt water was seeping into the Biscayne Aquifer, South Florida's water source.
The city's aquifer is fast drying up – not surprisingly, given the rate of extraction.
Even within the existing network, many neighborhoods have service only occasionally, and the valley's aquifer continues to sink.
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