MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- A serious issue is impacting Central Florida's water supply. Yet another company wants to bottle your water from the Florida aquifer and sell it all over the world. Marion County tried to fight the plan, but lost.

The Saint Johns River Water Management District approved a permit four years ago for two men to pump the water from an existing well on their land off Northwest 175th Street, near Citra. Marion County commissioners immediately challenged the permit and the case eventually moved to the 5th District Court of Appeals.

Commissioners claimed the plan was not in the best interests of the public or the county, but two judges didn't agree and ruled 2 to 1 in favor of the property owners.

That decision now clears the way for the men to start pumping nearly a half-million gallons of water a day for the next 20 years so they can bottle it up and sell it.

This is a separate case from the Niagara bottled water company that wants to pump water out of Lake County. The county is considering filing a similar lawsuit against the Saint Johns River Water Management District. Niagara also wants to pump about 500,000 gallons of groundwater a day.