Orange County Utilities Aquifer Storage Recovery (ASR) System. Expanded Executive Summary. Special Publication SJ2012-SP7

摘要

St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) requested and authorized the preparation of an overall Expanded Executive Summary (EES) covering all phases of the Aquifer Storage Recovery System implemented in Orange County for Orange County Utilities. The EES is intended to represent the major work products and deliverables previously produced and submitted to SJRWMD and may be utilized as an example work product for future aquifer storage recovery (ASR) projects managed by the District. SJRWMD initiated the Aquifer Storage and Recovery (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 alternative water supply (AWS) sources. Due to potential impacts that continuous ground water withdrawals may have on natural features such as springs, lakes and wetlands; public supply utilities in the region are being required by SJRWMD to plan for and implement new AWS projects that utilize non-traditional sources, e.g. other than fresh ground water.