High Plains States Groundwater Demonstration Program. Denver Basin Aquifer Artificial Groundwater Recharge Demonstration Project Summary

摘要

The demonstration project tested the feasibility of injecting excess treated surface water supplies into the Denver Basin aquifers to store and subsequently recover these supplies during high demand periods and/or during drought cycles. The demonstration project sought to evaluate the technical, institutional, legal, and economic issues associated with deep bedrock well injection, storage, and recovery. If favorable results were obtained from this demonstration project, this research could blaze a trail for full-scale operations within the Denver Basin. In fact, other water supply entities within the Denver Basin are currently evaluating proceeding with an operational injection, storage, and recovery program.