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Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (2002)

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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Appendix A
Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002

Executive Summary

In April 1999, the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) proposed large-scale development of Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) facilities as the preferred method of providing additional freshwater storage required for overall restoration success. Six ASR components will collectively form the proposed CERP ASR System, which includes a total of 333 ASR wells and related surface facilities at the general locations in attached Figure A. All proposed ASR wells have a target capacity of 5 mgd (million gallons per day). Water treatment facilities were also included in the conceptual CERP ASR components. Total cost of the proposed CERP ASR System is approximately $1,700,000,000. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) are 50/50 cost sharing partners for design studies required prior to implementation of any large-scale CERP ASR facilities.

An independent scientific review of the conceptual CERP ASR System was completed in July 1999 by the ASR Issue Team, which was formed at the request of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force’s Working Group. Later the Working Group also engaged the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee for the Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE) to review preliminary drafts of the project management plans (PMPs) for the Lake Okeechobee and Hillsboro ASR Pilot Projects, which resulted in their report dated February 2001. The ASR Issue Team identified seven broad technical uncertainties related to ASR implementation on the unprecedented scale proposed in the CERP. These seven issues are listed in Table 1, which also identifies proposed local-scale (pilot project) and regional-scale scientific studies required to address these issues. The CROGEE concluded that additional scientific studies are needed, including work to improve understanding of the regional hydrogeology, hydraulic properties, potential changes in water quality, and the effects, if any, of those changes on aquatic ecosystems.

Local-scale studies have been initiated in the form of three ASR Pilot Projects as recommended in the CERP. In general terms, these pilot project studies will develop site-specific data related to local water quality and hydrogeology, identify appropriate water treatment processes, and determine the feasibility of 5 mgd capacity ASR wells at each pilot locations. Figures in Appendix B of this PMP show the locations and summarize the details of the Lake Okeechobee, Hillsboro and Caloosahatchee ASR Pilot Projects. As noted above, the CROGEE ASR subcommittee previously reviewed the draft PMPs for the Lake Okeechobee and Hillsboro ASR Pilot Projects. Their report, dated February 2001, provided a technical critique of the ASR Pilot Project studies and strongly concurred with the Corps and SFWMD plan for a

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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concurrent ASR Regional Study to address ASR Issues beyond the limited geographic scope of the pilot projects.

The attached draft PMP for the CERP ASR Regional Study has been prepared in response to the need for additional scientific studies to address potential regional impacts related to the unprecedented large scale of the proposed CERP ASR System (333 wells). This draft PMP represents the collective efforts of a large interagency project delivery team (PDT) with representatives from the following local, state and federal government agencies that actively participated in its development:

Broward County Water Resources Management

Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department

Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department

South Florida Water Management District

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Florida Geological Survey

Florida Department of Agricultural and Community Services

U.S. Department of Interior, Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Task Force

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

PDT members began PMP development by preparing the following mission statement:

“The ASR Regional Study will investigate regional technical and regulatory issues governing the feasibility of full-scale ASR implementation, as identified in the CERP, and develop tools to assess the feasibility and increase the level of certainty of successful ASR implementation.”

Primary goals of the ASR Regional Study are to:

  1. Address outstanding issues of a regional nature that cannot be adequately addressed by the authorized ASR Pilot Projects

    Reduce uncertainties related to full-scale CERP ASR implementation by conducting scientific studies based on existing and newly acquired data and evaluate potential effects on water levels and water quality within the aquifer systems, and on existing users, surface-water bodies, and the flora and fauna that inhabit them.

  2. Develop a regional groundwater model of the Floridan Aquifer System (FAS) and conduct predictive simulations to evaluate the technical feasibility of the proposed 333-well CERP ASR system, or if determined to be infeasible, identify an appropriate magnitude of ASR capacity with minimal impact to the environment and existing users of the FAS.

The PDT’s plan to achieve these goals, as described in this PMP, is to identify and conduct a series of tasks that will develop scientific data to address each of the issues of concern. Many of these tasks are inter-related, and assist in addressing multiple issues. Table 2 presents a summary of major tasks to be conducted in the ASR Regional Study, and cross-references these tasks with the issues raised by the ASR Issue Team.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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While the CERP did not directly call for an ASR Regional Study, the Corps and SFWMD agree that a coordinated central data collection and regional modeling effort is required to address large-scale ASR implementation issues. In addition to budget amounts for the ASR Pilot Projects, the CERP April 1999 budget included a total of approximately $128,000,000 for ASR related Planning, Engineering and Design studies for the six (6) proposed ASR components identified on Figure A. Funds for the studies outlined in this document will be provided from the established CERP ASR design budget. The ASR Regional Study described in this PMP will take roughly 9 years to complete and has a budgeted cost including contingency funds of approximately $45,000,000. This study will conduct critical ASR related studies and develop scientific data required to help determine the engineering feasibility of large-scale ASR implementation as proposed in the CERP.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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TABLE 1 Summary of ASR Issue Team Items

Issue Team Item

Pilots/Regional

Tasks

1. Characterization/Suitability of the Quality of Prospective Source Waters; Spatial and Temporal Variability

Pilot Projects

- Local Source Water Quality Characterization

Regional Study

- Regional Water Quality Characterization

2. Characterization of the Regional Hydrogeology of the Upper Floridan Aquifer: Hydraulic Properties and Water Quality

Regional Study

- Regional Hydrogeologic Evaluation

- Test/Monitor Well Drilling & Tests

- Seismic Reflection Survey

- Geochemistry Studies

Pilot Projects

- ASR/Monitor Well Drilling, Background Water Quality

3. Analysis of Critical Pressure for Rock Fracturing

Regional Study

- Rock Fracturing Desk Top Analysis

- Regional Groundwater Modeling

Pilot Projects

- Laboratory Analysis of Cores

4. Analysis of Site and Regional Changes in Head and Patterns of Flow

Regional Study

- Regional Potentiometric Head (Literature Review)

- Field Measurements

- Regional Groundwater Modeling

Pilot Projects

Potentiometric Head Measurements at ASR/Monitor Wells (Background and Cycle Testing)

5. Analysis of Water Quality Changes During Movement and Storage in the Aquifer

Pilot Projects

- Local Source Water Quality Characterization Program

- Background Floridan Aquifer Water Quality

- Cycle Testing Water Quality

Regional Study

- Regional Groundwater Modeling

- Geochemical Modeling

6. Aquifer Storage and Recovery Potential Effects on Mercury Bioaccumulation for South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Projects

Pilot Projects

- Local Source Water Quality Characterization Program

- Cycle Testing Water Quality

Regional Study

- Regional Water Quality Measurements

7. Relationship between ASR Storage Properties, Recovery Rates and Recharge Volume

Pilot Projects

- Specific Capacity Tests, Geophysical Logs, Cores

- Cycle Testing Water Levels, Water Quality

Regional Study

- Regional Groundwater Modeling

- Geochemical Modeling

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan

Table of Contents

1.1

List of Figures 1

1.2

List of Acronyms 2

1.3

List of Project Management Plan Preparers 5

2.0

PROJECT INFORMATION 6

2.1

Project Background 6

2.2

Authority/Authorization 10

2.2.1

Federal Authority 10

2.2.2

State Authority 10

2.3

Related Projects 11

2.3.1

CERP Lake Okeechobee ASR Pilot Project 11

2.3.2

CERP Hillsboro ASR Pilot Project 12

2.3.3

CERP Caloosahatchee River ASR Pilot Project 12

2.3.4

Southwest Florida Feasibility Study 12

3.0

PROJECT SCOPE 14

3.1

Project Goals and Objectives 15

3.2

Description of CERP Components 15

3.3

Project Constraints and Assumptions 16

3.4

Technical Tasks Descriptions 16

3.4.1

TASK 1—Build Inventory of Existing Data and Information 17

3.4.2

TASK 2—Evaluation of Drilling and Geophysical Methods 18

3.4.3

TASK 3—Define Preliminary Hydrogeologic Framework 19

3.4.4

TASK 4—Geochemistry 20

3.4.5

TASK 5—Pressure Induced Changes 31

3.4.6

TASK 6—Hydrogeologic Field Data Collection 32

3.4.7

TASK 7—Laboratory Analyses 43

3.4.8

TASK 8—Finalize Conceptual Hydrogeologic Framework 49

3.4.9

TASK 9—Regional Groundwater Modeling 50

3.4.10

TASK 10—Surface Water Quality Data Analysis 54

3.4.11

TASK 11—Water Quality Monitoring of Source and Receiving Waters 57

3.4.12

TASK 12—Surface Water Quality Modeling 59

3.4.13

TASK 13—Ecotoxicological and Ecological Field Studies 62

3.4.14

TASK 14—Project Summary Reporting 66

4.0

SUMMARY OF AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES 67

4.1

Responsibility Identification 67

5.0

PROJECT CHANGES 68

5.1

List of PMP Updates and Revisions 68

5.2

Changes in Project Schedule and Cost 68

5.2.1

Changes in Project Schedule 68

5.2.2

Changes in Project Cost Estimates 69

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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6.0

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 70

6.1

Cost Estimates 70

6.2

Project Annual Budget 70

6.3

Cost Listing by Organization 70

7.0

FUNCTIONAL AREA PLANS 71

7.1

Project Management 71

7.2

Project Formulation 71

7.3

Engineering and Design 71

7.3.1

Introduction 71

7.4

Construction 73

7.5

Real Estate 74

7.6

Contracting and Acquisition 74

7.7

Quality Control 74

7.7.1

Quality Control Plan 74

7.7.2

Independent Technical Review 75

7.8

Public Outreach and Involvement 75

7.8.1

General 75

7.8.2

What Public Outreach Is and Is Not 76

7.8.3

Why Public Outreach is Important 76

7.8.4

Public Outreach Goals 77

7.8.5

Information 77

7.8.6

Public, Stakeholder and Agency Involvement 78

7.8.7

Identify Target Audiences 78

7.8.8

Outreach to Minority and Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Communities 80

7.8.9

Partnering with Others 80

7.8.10

Strategy for the Project Outreach Plan 81

7.9

Environmental Compliance and Studies 81

7.9.1

Federal Compliance 81

7.9.2

US Fish & Wildlife Service 83

7.9.3

Water Quality 83

7.9.4

Ecological and Ecotoxicological Studies 88

7.9.5

State Compliance 89

7.9.6

Permits 90

7.10

Value Engineering (VE) 92

7.11

Operations and Maintenance 92

7.12

Environmental and Economic Equity 92

7.13

Restoration Coordination and Verification (RECOVER) Integration 93

8.0

UNIQUE FEATURES 98

8.1

Regulatory Guidance on Tracer Tests for CERP Pilot Project Wells 98

8.2

Project Issues Related to the unprecedented Large Scale ASR 99

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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APPENDICES

APPENDIX A—LIST OF PROJECT DELIVERY TEAM MEMBERS

APPENDIX B—PROJECT MAP

APPENDIX C—WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE

TAB A—Activity Listing by WBS

TAB B—Activity ID/WBS Cross-Reference

TAB C—Tasks and Issues

APPENDIX D—PROJECT SCHEDULE

TAB A—Gantt Chart for Current Phase

TAB B—Project Milestone Report

APPENCIX E—PROJECT COST ESTIMATE AND BUDGET

TAB A—Total Project Cost Summary

TAB B—Fully Funded Cost Estimate (Post PIR Only)

TAB C—Cost Listing by Agency/Organizational Unit

TAB D—Projected Annual Budget

TAB E—Project Cash Flow Curve

TAB F—Contingency Summary and Status

APPENDIX F—FUNCTIONAL AREA PLANS

TAB A—Activities by Agency, Organizational Unit, and Resource

TAB B—Cost Allocation by Fiscal Year

TAB C—Geochem—Water Quality Sampling

TAB D—Geochem—Rock Chemistry

APPENDIX G—CONTRACTING ACQUISITION PLAN

APPENDIX H—QUALITY CONTROL PLAN

TAB A—Independent Technical Review Plan

TAB B—Statement of Technical and Legal Review

APPENDIX I—PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

APPENDIX J—LIST OF REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

APPENDIX K—LIST OF PMP UPDATES AND REVISIONS

APPENDIX L—ECOLOGICAL AND WATER QUALITY STUDIES

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASR Regional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002." National Research Council. 2002. Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10521.
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The report reviews a comprehensive research plan on Everglades restoration drafted by federal and Florida officials that assesses a central feature of the restoration: a proposal to drill more than 300 wells funneling up to 1.7 billion gallons of water a day into underground aquifers, where it would be stored and then pumped back to the surface to replenish the Everglades during dry periods. The report says that the research plan goes a long way to providing information needed to settle remaining technical questions and clearly responds to suggestions offered by scientists in Florida and in a previous report by the Research Council.

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