City of DeLand Airport Aquifer Storage and Recovery Well System. Expanded Executive Summary. Special Publication SJ2012-SP5

摘要

The preparation of this Expanded Executive Summary (EES) was authorized by St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) in order to document the development process, cooperative procedures, work products and results of the SJRWMD Regional Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Demonstration Project implemented in cooperation with the City of DeLand, Florida. This EES provides background materials, work products and a generalized summary of the activities necessary for a cooperative assessment of ASR feasibility in east-central Florida. This summary may be utilized as a template for the development of future ASR projects in the region. SJRWMD initiated the ASR Construction and Testing Demonstration Program in 2002 and the first exploratory well drilling began in late 2003. The purpose of the program was to investigate the feasibility of ASR in the east-central Florida region. ASR is considered a cost-effective technology for storing water that may only be available on a seasonal basis from new and/or alternative water supply (AWS) sources. Due to potential impacts that continuing groundwater withdrawals may have on natural features (such as springs, lakes, and wetlands), public water-supply utilities in the region are being required by SJRWMD to plan for and implement new AWS projects that utilize non-traditional sources (other than fresh ground water).