Review of aquifer storage and recovery in the floridan aquifer system of southern Florida

Fact Sheet ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald S. Reese ◽  
Carlos A. Alvarez-Zarikian
Keyword(s):  
Aquifer Storage And Recovery ◽  
Aquifer System ◽  
Aquifer Storage ◽  
Floridan Aquifer ◽  
Southern Florida

scholarly journals Assessment of subsidence risk associated with aquifer storage and recovery in the Coastal Lowlands Aquifer System, Houston, Texas, USA

2020 ◽  
Vol 382 ◽  
pp. 487-491
Author(s):  
Van Kelley ◽  
Michael Turco ◽  
Neil Deeds ◽  
Christina Petersen ◽  
Chris Canonico
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Aquifer Storage And Recovery ◽  
Aquifer System ◽  
Aquifer Storage ◽  
Alternative Water ◽  
Regulatory Plan ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Coastal Lowlands

Abstract. In the Houston, Texas region, groundwater use is regulated by the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District (District) because of historical regional subsidence from groundwater development. The District regulates groundwater production in the Coastal Lowlands Aquifer System (CLAS) to mitigate subsidence through the implementation of District Groundwater Regulatory Plan. The District has successfully reduced groundwater pumping as a percent of demand regionally while controlling subsidence through the implementation of alternative water supplies. Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) is an alternative water supply strategy that provides a means to store water underground and increase water supply more cost effectively than traditional storage expansion strategies. Groundwater users in the District are interested in the many potential benefits of ASR as a water supply strategy. Little is known about the potential effects on compaction and land surface subsidence resulting from ASR operations. Recognizing this, the District funded research on the potential subsidence risk associated with ASR. Two hypothetical, though representative, ASR projects were developed and analysed: (1) an industrial ASR project meant to provide water supply during a drought of record (DOR), and (2) a municipal ASR project designed to provide an annual municipal summer peaking water supply. Simulations of groundwater hydraulics and subsidence were performed at three potential locations within the CLAS to provide insight into variability associated with location and aquifer depth. Theoretical simulations confirmed the potential for subsidence associated with the application of ASR in the CLAS, although operating an ASR for summer peaking needs has less potential risk of subsidence than the DOR scenario in the scenarios simulated. The study simulations provide insight into how an ASR project may be designed and operated to minimize compaction and potential subsidence. Based on this study, ASR operated to address summer peaking showed the greatest potential to reduce additional compaction verses sourcing all water from groundwater. This theoretical study provides a basis for future research on subsidence associated with ASR and provides a framework for consideration for the regulation of ASR within the District.

scholarly journals Analytical assessment of subsidence due to Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) applications to multi-aquifer systems

2000 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Li
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Solution ◽  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Potential Risk ◽  
Aquifer Storage And Recovery ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Aquifer System ◽  
Aquifer Storage ◽  
Aquifer Systems ◽  
The One ◽  
Development And Management

The present paper emphasises concerns of land subsidence or compression of clay confining beds caused by periodic withdrawal and injection of water from or into the adjacent aquifers. An analytical solution for a one-dimensional case based on a sandwich model is found so that analysis of potential risk of aquifer system deformation due to the technology of Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) can be conducted. A governing equation expressed directly in terms of displacement is employed to describe the one-dimensional subsidence. For simplicity, saturated aquifer systems are assumed to behave like poroelastic material. A cyclic loading function with a triangle pattern is assumed at boundaries to simulate effective stress induced by changes in hydraulic head at boundaries. The both compression and swelling of clay due to the periodic and linear loads at the boundaries are considered in this model. The two aquifers (one above the confining bed and the other beneath) can be pumped independently of each other. The results from the analytical solution are applied to estimate and predict potential risk of land subsidence due to ASR activity and to provide a first-estimate type of guideline for city or regional development and management of water resources.

Development of a new model tool for evaluating groundwater resources within the Floridan Aquifer System in Southern Florida, USA

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Bittner ◽  
Steve England ◽  
Clarissa Murray ◽  
June Mirecki ◽  
Emily Richardson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
New Model ◽  
Aquifer System ◽  
Floridan Aquifer ◽  
Southern Florida

Arsenic release from Floridan Aquifer rock during incubations simulating aquifer storage and recovery operations

2016 ◽  
Vol 551-552 ◽  
pp. 238-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Jin ◽  
Andrew R. Zimmerman ◽  
Stuart B. Norton ◽  
Michael D. Annable ◽  
Willie G. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Aquifer Storage And Recovery ◽  
Aquifer Storage ◽  
Floridan Aquifer
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