Hydrogeology of the Surficial Aquifer System in Southwest Florida

Project Investigators: Bruce R. Wardlaw, Suzanne D. Weedman Project Start Date: 1996 End Date: 1999 Proposals Metadata Publications

Summary

The objective of this project is to describe the three-dimensional variations in the hydrologic properties of the surficial aquifer system within a geologic framework.

Hydrologic models that simulate flow of ground and surface water will be used to predict consequences of many of the south Florida ecosystem restoration plans, as well as guide future land and water management decisions. This study will provide essential hydrogeological data to extend existing and next-generation water management, natural system, and other models across southern Florida to the natural boundary of the southwest coast.

The objective of this project is to describe the three-dimensional variations in the hydrologic properties of the surficial aquifer system within a geologic framework. The data will be incorporated into hydrologic models that simulate ground-water and surface-water flow in the aquifer system. Land and water managers will use these models to predict the consequences of ecosystem restoration plans and to evaluate their effectiveness.

Proposals

• 1998
• 1999

Metadata

• Hydrogeology of the Surficial Aquifer System in Southwest Florida (project metadata)

Publications

Abstracts

• Electromagnetics Delineate Aquifers Between Wells in Southwest Florida
• Geologic Framework of the Surficial Aquifer System in Southwest Florida
• Hydrogeology of the Surficial Aquifer System in Southwest Florida
• The Surficial Aquifer System in Southwest Florida (from the South Florida Restoration Science Forum, May 1999)
• Using Geophysical Measurements in Boreholes to Calibrate Surface Electromagnetic Soundings in South Florida

Bibliographies

• Hydrogeology of the Surficial Aquifer System in Southwest Florida - Bibliography

Fact Sheets

• Hydrogeology of the Surficial Aquifer System in Southwest Florida

Open File Reports

• Lithostratigraphy, Geophysics, Biostratigraphy, and Strontium-Isotope Stratigraphy of the Surficial Aquifer System of Eastern Collier County and Northern Monroe County, Florida
• Lithostratigraphy, Petrography, Biostratigraphy, and Strontium-Isotope Stratigraphy of the Surficial Aquifer System of Western Collier County, Florida (OFR 98-205)

Papers

• Integrating Surface and Borehole Geophysics in the Characterization of Salinity in a Coastal Aquifer

Water Resources Investigations Reports

• Hydrogeology of the Gray Limestone Aquifer in Southern Florida (WRI 99-4213, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)