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Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan A Critique of the Pilot Projects and Related Plans for ASR in the Lake Okeechobee and Western Hillsboro Areas (2001) / Chapter Skim
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Water Quality Issues
Pages 15-17

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... In practical terms, answers to a range of water quality questions are critical to the regulatory process for permitting the ASR wells and the release of recovered water to Lake Okeechobee ant} various canals. The ASR pilot program thus has placed an appropriately heavy emphasis on collecting an extensive array of water quality measurements.
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From page 16...
... The CROGEE recommends that ecotoxicological studies, including Tong-tenn bioassays conducted at the field scale, be undertaken during the penod of the pilot program to evaluate the ecological impacts of water quality changes resulting from broad use of ASR water to supplement inflows to the Everglades during droughts. Water recharged to ASR wells will come primarily from Lake Okeechobee and other impoundments.
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From page 17...
... Finally, a better understanding of the mechanisms responsible for mixing relatively dilute recharged water with more saline pore fluids in the storage zone is essential for anticipating changes in dissolved solids during ASR. The transport and mixing processes in the Upper Floridian aquifer may not conform to the "equivalent porous medium" model commonly used in groundwater flow models.
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  • recovery process
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