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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ASR may offer particular advantages over surface storage in South Florida where land acquisition costs are high and flat topography coupled with a shallow water table place constraints on surface reservoir construction. Additional advantages cited for this strategy are that ASR wells can be located in areas of greatest need, thus reducing water distribution costs, and that ASR permits recovery of large volumes of water during severe, multi-year droughts to augment deficient surface water supplies.
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The relatively symmetric spread of fresh water away from the well shown assumes a fairly homogeneous, isotropic aquifer with negligible regional flow relative to the flow rates induced by pumping during recharge or recovery. The actual configuration of the storage bubble may be considerably more complex.
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provide additional regional storage with reduced evaporative losses and minimal land purchases compared to surface storage; (2) increase Lake Okeechobee's water storage capability to better meet regional water demands: (31 manage cart of the re~,l~torv _ ___ _ c, ~ ~ x_~ ~ An- r~-~ ~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ releases trom the lake pnmanly to improve Everglades hydropattems and to meet supplemental
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Information from the pilot project will provide the hydrogeological and geotechnical characteristics of the UFA at the pilot sites as well as a demonstration of the ability of the aquifer system to maintain injected water for future recovery. Western HzIlsboro.
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The purpose of this feature is to supplement water deliveries to the HilIsboro Canal during dry periods thereby reducing demands on Lake Okeechobee and the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Surface water, possibly from the Hillsboro Canal, and shallow groundwater from along the margins of and below the reservoir, would be recharged when excess water is available, and would be released back to the canal to help maintain canal stages during the times of deficit.
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In the next three chapters, we evaluate the feasibility studies from the perspective of whether they will address the major questions in the areas of regional science, water quality, and local performance/feasibility.
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