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Ensuring Freshwater Resources for Southwest Florida
Author(s) -
Akers Randy
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2009.tb09883.x
Subject(s) - aquifer , saltwater intrusion , hydrogeology , borehole , geology , slug test , sampling (signal processing) , hydrology (agriculture) , transect , instrumentation (computer programming) , water quality , environmental science , groundwater , geotechnical engineering , oceanography , engineering , ecology , electrical engineering , filter (signal processing) , computer science , biology , operating system
In 1974, Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) embarked on a comprehensive risk assessment of saltwater intrusion on the Upper Floridian aquifer water supply. The program focused on exploring and testing existing conditions as well as constructing dedicated wells for future monitoring of water levels and quality. Today, using some of the most technologically advanced level and pressure measurement instrumentation, SWFWMD is expanding and improving its hydrogeological exploration program to include more dedicated wells, aquifer performance tests, and a water quality sampling network. Coastal monitoring well transects composed of two to three monitoring and testing well sites have been constructed to form a coastal monitoring program that enables SWFWMD to observe the movement of saltwater either landward or seaward. Phase one of the investigation included discrete zone testing within a borehole with the use of a packer assembly. During the packer test, SWFWMD conducts four or more slug tests consisting of a near‐instantaneous stress or a slug being added (or removed) from the well.