Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink. That would be the plight of many Florida Keys residents were it not for a 130-mile pipeline connecting their faucets to the Biscayne Aquifer in mainland Florida. In April, the water authority serving the Keys will begin a long-term project to upgrade the vital pipeline.
The Keys are a chain of islands that constitute the southernmost point of the United States. They have a tropical climate similar to Caribbean islands as well as native palm trees and practically no freshwater. The hundreds of thousands of annual visitors to Key West and nearby
