Review Of The Everglades Aquifer Storage And Recovery Regional Study

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Florida Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study Technical Data Report
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309372121

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Review of the Everglades Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Florida Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study Technical Data Report Pdf

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.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309086219

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Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Pdf

The report reviews a comprehensive research plan on Everglades restoration drafted by federal and Florida officials that assesses a central feature of the restoration: a proposal to drill more than 300 wells funneling up to 1.7 billion gallons of water a day into underground aquifers, where it would be stored and then pumped back to the surface to replenish the Everglades during dry periods. The report says that the research plan goes a long way to providing information needed to settle remaining technical questions and clearly responds to suggestions offered by scientists in Florida and in a previous report by the Research Council.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001-04-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309073479

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Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Pdf

Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a process by which water is recharged through wells to an aquifer and extracted for beneficial use at some later time from the same wells. ASR is proposed as a major water storage component in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), developed jointly by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). The plan would use the Upper Floridan aquifer (UFA) to store as much as 1.7 billion gallons per day (gpd) (6.3 million m3/day) of excess surface water and shallow groundwater during wet periods for recovery during seasonal or longer-term dry periods, using about 333 wells. ASR represents about one-fifth of the total estimated cost of the CERP. Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan examines pilot project from the perspective of adaptive assessment, i.e., the extent to which the pilot projects will contribute to process understanding that can improve design and implementation of restoration project components. This report is a critique of the pilot projects and related studies.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309181501

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Re-Engineering Water Storage in the Everglades by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Pdf

The Water Science and Technology Board and the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology have released the seventh and final report of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, which provides consensus advice to the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force on various scientific and technical topics. Human settlements and flood-control structures have significantly reduced the Everglades, which once encompassed over three million acres of slow-moving water enriched by a diverse biota. To remedy the degradation of the Everglades, a comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan was formulated in 1999 with the goal of restoring the original hydrologic conditions of its remaining natural ecosystem. A major feature of this plan is providing enough storage capacity to meet human needs while also providing the needs of the greater Everglades ecosystem. This report reviews and evaluates not only storage options included in the Restoration Plan but also other options not considered in the Plan. Along with providing hydrologic and ecological analyses of the size, location and functioning of water storage components, the report also discusses and makes recommendations on related critical factors, such as timing of land acquisition, intermediate states of restoration, and tradeoffs among competing goals and ecosystem objectives.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309450904

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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress Pdf

The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the historical Everglades has been reduced to half of its original size, and what remains is not the pristine ecosystem many image it to be, but one that has been highly engineered and otherwise heavily influenced, and is intensely managed by humans. Rather than slowly flowing southward in a broad river of grass, water moves through a maze of canals, levees, pump stations, and hydraulic control structures, and a substantial fraction is diverted from the natural system to meet water supply and flood control needs. The water that remains is polluted by phosphorus and other contaminants originating from agriculture and other human activities. Many components of the natural system are highly degraded and continue to degrade. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades is the sixth biennial review of progress made in meeting the goals of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). This complex, multibillion-dollar project to protect and restore the remaining Everglades has a 30-40 year timeline. This report assesses progress made in the various separate project components and discusses specific scientific and engineering issues that may impact further progress. According to Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades, a dedicated source of funding could provide ongoing long-term system-wide monitoring and assessment that is critical to meeting restoration objectives. This report examines the implications of knowledge gained and changes in widely accepted scientific understanding regarding pre-drainage hydrology, climate change, and the feasibility of water storage since the CERP was developed.

Author : National Research Council (U.S.).
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 030950368X

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Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration : A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan by National Research Council (U.S.). Pdf

Author : Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309259231

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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades by Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council Pdf

Twelve years into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades ecosystem; instead, most project construction so far has occurred along its periphery. To reverse ongoing ecosystem declines, it will be necessary to expedite restoration projects that target the central Everglades, and to improve both the quality and quantity of the water in the ecosystem. The new Central Everglades Planning Project offers an innovative approach to this challenge, although additional analyses are needed at the interface of water quality and water quantity to maximize restoration benefits within existing legal constraints. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fourth Biennial Review, 2012 explains the innovative approach to expedite restoration progress and additional rigorous analyses at the interface of water quality and quantity will be essential to maximize restoration benefits.

Author : Thomas E. Lodge
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781498742924

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The Everglades Handbook by Thomas E. Lodge Pdf

"This fourth edition covers the key subjects of previous editions with major updates of the new science and understanding. If there ever was a necessary book for Everglades advocates, students, authors, members of government and their agencies, The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem is an absolute must!" —Nathaniel P. Reed, from the Foreword “This book is far and away the best guide now in print to Everglades issues -- authoritative, well-illustrated, well-indexed, and readable." — Martha Musgrove, retired Miami Herald journalist, founding President of the Decision Makers Forum, and Southeast Regional Director of the Florida Wildlife Federation "Given the astonishing breadth and depth of scientific activities in the Everglades, Tom Lodge once again illustrates his savvy as an articulate science writer in condensing the complex dynamics of this remarkable ecosystem. ...In summary, the Handbook reviews a vast literature into a compelling read about the natural treasures of the Everglades." —Evelyn E. Gaiser, Executive Director, School of Environment, Arts and Society, and Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Florida International University, modified from Wetlands (2011) 31 _____________________________________________________________________________________ The fourth edition presents expanded treatment of subjects where our knowledge of the Everglades and its restoration has greatly improved. This more detailed coverage includes: Computer modeling and its applications to the Everglades environment Quantified role of water flow in shaping the Everglades landscape The origin and evolution of fixed tree islands Sulfur and related mercury as wetland pollutants Up-to-date summary of the now quantified economic benefits of restoration, shown to be far in excess of the cost The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, Fourth Edition is a scholarly reference packed cover to cover with scientific information about the ecosystem of the Everglades - taking into account how drastically the Everglades has changed. Topically, the book covers disciplines ranging from ecology, geology, climatology, hydrology, anthropology to conservation biology. Written in Tom Lodge’s trademark accessible style, this extensively researched text is essential reading for anybody trying to understand the challenges we face in restoring this unique ecosystem.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309214278

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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress Pdf

Although the progress of environmental restoration projects in the Florida Everglades remains slow overall, there have been improvements in the pace of restoration and in the relationship between the federal and state partners during the last two years. However, the importance of several challenges related to water quantity and quality have become clear, highlighting the difficulty in achieving restoration goals for all ecosystem components in all portions of the Everglades. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades explores these challenges. The book stresses that rigorous scientific analyses of the tradeoffs between water quality and quantity and between the hydrologic requirements of Everglades features and species are needed to inform future prioritization and funding decisions.

Author : Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001-03-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309073901

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Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan by Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council Pdf

Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a process by which water is recharged through wells to an aquifer and extracted for beneficial use at some later time from the same wells. ASR is proposed as a major water storage component in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), developed jointly by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). The plan would use the Upper Floridan aquifer (UFA) to store as much as 1.7 billion gallons per day (gpd) (6.3 million m3/day) of excess surface water and shallow groundwater during wet periods for recovery during seasonal or longer-term dry periods, using about 333 wells. ASR represents about one-fifth of the total estimated cost of the CERP. Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan examines pilot project from the perspective of adaptive assessment, i.e., the extent to which the pilot projects will contribute to process understanding that can improve design and implementation of restoration project components. This report is a critique of the pilot projects and related studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556034781955

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Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Aquifer Storage and Recovery Pilot Project Design Report, Lake Okeechobee ASR Pilot Project, Hillsboro ASR Pilot Project, Caloosahatchee (C-43) River ASR Pilot Project by Anonim Pdf

Author : Judith A. Layzer
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262622141

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Natural Experiments by Judith A. Layzer Pdf

EBM entails collaborative, landscape-scale planning and flexible, adaptive implementation.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B5139076

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Implementing the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Environmental impact statements
ISBN : UFL:31262071235872

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Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive Review Study: app.K - Environmental effects; app.L - Prior studies, reports and projects; app.M - Implementation plan scheduling and sequencing by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Environmental impact statements
ISBN : UFL:31262071235823

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Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive Review Study: Overview by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District Pdf