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Review of the Everglades
Aquifer Storage and Recovery
Regional Study

Committee to Review the Florida Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study
Technical Data Report


Water Science and Technology Board


Division on Earth and Life Studies

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COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE FLORIDA AQUIFER STORAGE AND
RECOVERY REGIONAL STUDY TECHNICAL DATA REPORT

JAMES SAIERS, Chair, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

CHARLES F. HARVEY, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

WILLIAM HOPKINS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

KENNETH W. POTTER, University of Wisconsin, Madison

RENÉ MARIE PRICE, Florida International University, Miami

R. DAVID G. PYNE, ASR Systems, LLC, Gainesville, Florida

LARRY ROBINSON, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee

ELIZABETH J. SCREATON, University of Florida, Gainesville

R. RHODES TRUSSELL, Trussell Technologies, Inc., Pasadena, California

NRC Staff

STEPHANIE E. JOHNSON, Study Director

BRENDAN McGOVERN, Senior Program Assistant

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WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD

GEORGE M. HORNBERGER, Chair, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

EDWARD J. BOUWER, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

DAVID A. DZOMBAK, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

YU-PING CHIN, Ohio State University, Columbus

M. SIOBHAN FENNESSY, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio

BEN GRUMBLES, Clean Water America Alliance, Washington, D.C.

GEORGE R. HALLBERG, The Cadmus Group, Watertown, Massachusetts

CATHERINE L. KLING, Iowa State University, Ames

DEBRA S. KNOPMAN, RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia

LARRY LARSON, Association of State Floodplain Managers, Madison, Wisconsin

RITA P. MAGUIRE, Maguire & Pearce PLLC, Phoenix, Arizona

DAVID I. MAURSTAD, OST, Inc., McLean, Virginia

ROBERT SIMONDS, The Robert Simonds Company, Culver City, California

FRANK H. STILLINGER, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

MARYLYNN V. YATES, University of California, Riverside

JAMES W. ZIGLAR, SR., Van Ness Feldman, Washington, D.C.

Staff

JEFFREY JACOBS, Director

LAURA J. EHLERS, Senior Program Officer

STEPHANIE E. JOHNSON, Senior Program Officer

ED DUNNE, Staff Officer

M. JEANNE AQUILINO, Financial and Administrative Associate

MICHAEL J. STOEVER, Research Associate

ANITA A. HALL, Senior Program Associate

BRENDAN McGOVERN, Senior Program Assistant

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Acknowledgments

The committee appreciates the assistance of the many individuals that provided presentations and additional information to the committee. The committee particularly thanks April Patterson (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [USACE]), Bob Verrastro (South Florida Water Management District), June Mirecki (USACE), and Will Logan (USACE) for their assistance in support of the study.

This report was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their breadth of perspectives and technical expertise in accordance with the procedures approved by the National Academies’ Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review was to provide candid and critical comments to assist the institution in ensuring that its published report is scientifically credible and that it meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The reviewer comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the deliberative process. We thank the following reviewers for their helpful suggestions, all of which were considered and many of which were wholly or partly incorporated in the final report: Jean Bahr, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Leonard Konikow (NAE), U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA; Wayne Landis, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Mark McNeal, ASRus LLC, Tampa, FL; Madeline Schreiber, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mark Stewart, University of South Florida, Tampa; Frank Stillinger (NAS), Princeton University, NJ; Joshua White, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA; Marylynn Yates, University of California-Riverside.

Although these reviewers provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions and recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Bonnie McCay, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ and Wendy Graham, University of Florida. Appointed by the National Research Council (NRC), they were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments received full consideration. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the NRC.

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The Florida Everglades is a large and diverse aquatic ecosystem that has been greatly altered over the past century by an extensive water control infrastructure designed to increase agricultural and urban economic productivity. The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), launched in 2000, is a joint effort led by the state and federal government to reverse the decline of the ecosystem. Increasing water storage is a critical component of the restoration, and the CERP included projects that would drill over 330 aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) wells to store up to 1.65 billion gallons per day in porous and permeable units in the aquifer system during wet periods for recovery during seasonal or longer-term dry periods.

To address uncertainties regarding regional effects of large-scale ASR implementation in the Everglades, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the South Florida Water Management District conducted an 11-year ASR Regional Study, with focus on the hydrogeology of the Floridan aquifer system, water quality changes during aquifer storage, possible ecological risks posed by recovered water, and the regional capacity for ASR implementation. At the request of the USACE, Review of the Everglades Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study reviews the ASR Regional Study Technical Data Report and assesses progress in reducing uncertainties related to full-scale CERP ASR implementation. This report considers the validity of the data collection and interpretation methods; integration of studies; evaluation of scaling from pilot-to regional-scale application of ASR; and the adequacy and reliability of the study as a basis for future applications of ASR.

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