Water bodies, watersheds and storm water
Boulware Spring main view
Boulware Spring facility
Boulware Spring sampling
Boulware Spring
Location
Boulware Spring is located about 2.6 miles to the southeast from the center of Gainesville. From the intersection of State Road 20 (Hawthorne Road) and SE 15th Street, drive south on SE 15th Street for 2 miles to Boulware Springs Park, on the west side of the road.
Latitude 29°37’15.21” N, Longitude 82°18’25.91” W
NE¼ NE¼ SE¼ sec. 16, T 10 S, R 20 E
Description
Boulware Spring is a fourth-magnitude spring that issues from a pipe in a semicircular brick wall in the side of the hill west of the old water treatment plant. Water flows south into concrete retaining pools and then to a small stream to Paynes Prairie. Boulware Spring is located on the site of the original public water plant for Gainesville. Now a city park, the water plant building has been turned into a small museum with conference room facilities. Early pictures of the site are displayed in the water treatment plant conference room, and some of the old plant equipment is in an adjacent room. The park also serves as the western trailhead of the Gainesville to Hawthorne Rail Trail.
Discharge
Boulware Spring retaining pool outlet
Discharge from Boulware Spring was measured in 2000 at 0.3 cubic feet per second (cfs) by St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD).
Water quality
Boulware Spring was sampled by SJRWMD in 2000. Summary statistics of the water quality data for selected variables are shown in the table below.
Summary statistics of water quality and discharge
at Boulware Spring
| Boulware Spring | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Discharge, cfs | 0.30 | 2000 |
| Alkalinity, total, mg/L as CaCO3 | 177.4 | 2000 |
| Calcium, total, mg/L as Ca | 57.9 | 2000 |
| Chloride, total, mg/L as Cl | 17.2 | 2000 |
| Fluoride, total, mg/L as F | 0.11 | 2000 |
| Magnesium, total, mg/L as Mg | 26.3 | 2000 |
| pH, field | 7.12 | 2000 |
| Potassium, total, mg/L as K | 2.6 | 2000 |
| Sodium, total, mg/L as Na | 14.8 | 2000 |
| Specific conductance, field, µmhos/cm at 25°C | 503 | 2000 |
| Sulfate, total, mg/L as SO4 | 65.5 | 2000 |
| Total dissolved solids, mg/L | 294 | 2000 |
| Water temperature, °C | 22.2 | 2000 |
mg/L = milligrams per liter
cfs = cubic feet per second
