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What is Aquifer Storage & Recovery?Poster presented May 1999, at the South Florida Restoration Science Forum Presented by: Dr. Leslie Wedderburn, Ms. Linda Linstrom, John Lukasiewicz, Peter Kwiatkowski and Richard Nevulis, of the South Florida Water Management District Dr. Carl Goodwin, Dr. Kevin Cunningham, Mr. Robert R. Renken, and Mr. Ronald S. Reese, of the U.S. Geological Survey
Many challenges face water-resource planners and scientists with respect to the ASR technology as proposed in the Restudy. A phased approach to ASR implementation is proposed to address technical and regulatory concerns. A wide variety of hydrogeologic, hydrologic, and hydrochemical questions must be resolved prior to development of a truly regional ASR infrastructure. It is clear that the proposed ASR pilot facilities -- and the science necessary to evaluate the data from these facilities -- will be crucial to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of ASR as a regional water-storage option.
Aquifer Storage and Recovery: is it South Florida's Solution for Regional Water Storage? Presented by: Mr. John Vecchioli, P.G., Disclaimer for non-USGS materials
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U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal Geology This page is: http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/rooms/hydrology/ASR/index.html Comments and suggestions? Contact: Heather Henkel - Webmaster Last updated: 23 July, 2003 @ 03:01 PM (KP) |
Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) is a water-storage technology gaining
acceptance by water-resource planners and scientists worldwide. Essentially,
ASR involves storage of available water through wells completed into
aquifers, with subsequent retrieval from these same wells during dry
periods. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan for Everglades Restoration
known as the Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive Review
Study (Restudy) relies heavily on ASR technology. In fact, the Restudy
assumes over 1.6 billion gallons per day of water stored via ASR wells.
As you can see by the magnitude of this number, the scale of ASR proposed
in the Restudy is unprecedented. Recovery of water stored in ASR wells
could provide great benefits to environmental, agricultural, and urban
users. The following graphics are intended to acquaint the reader
with the ASR technology, present the uncertainties of ASR implementation
at this scale, and outline a plan to address these uncertainties.
Where
is the water stored?