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 / / National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Committee on Restoration of the Greater Evergaldes Ecosystem

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957212103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001
• ISBN: 9780309171205; 0309171202; 9780309513326; 0309513324
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (74 p.)
• Collana: The compass series
• Disciplina: 333.91/04153/0975939
• Soggetti: Aquifer storage recovery - Florida - Hillsboro Beach; Aquifer storage recovery - Florida - Okeechobee, Lake; Water quality management - Florida - Hillsboro Beach; Water quality management - Florida - Okeechobee, Lake
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter; Preface; Contents; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Regional Science Issues; 3 Water Quality Issues; 4 Local Performance/Feasibility Issues; 5 Summary and Conclusions; References; Appendix A Workshop Agenda; Appendix B Workshop Participants; Appendix C Questions sent to the SFWMD prior to the workshop, and its responses; Appendix D Workshop-related materials received by the committee after the workshop and prior to finalization of the report; Appendix E Excerpts from Draft Project Management Plan - Lake Okeechobee; Appendix F Excerpts from Draft Project Management Plan - Western HillsboroAppendix G Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
• Sommario/riassunto: Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a process by which water is recharged through wells to an aquifer and extracted for beneficial use ; at some later time from the same wells. ASR is proposed as a major water storage component in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan(CERP), developed jointly by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). The plan would use the Upper Floridan aquifer (UFA) to store as much as 1.7 billion gallons per day (gpd) (6.3 million m3/day) of excess surface water andshallow groundwater during wet periods for recovery during seasonal or longer-term dry periods, using about 333 wells. ASR represents about one-fifth of the total estimated cost of the CERP. Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan examines pilot project from the perspective of adaptive assessment, i.e., the extent to which the pilot projects will contribute to process understanding that can improve design and implementation of restoration project components. This report is a critique of the pilot projects and related studies.