Workshop Report/Summary
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 (2002)
Water Science and Technology Board
Topics:
Natural Resources and Ecology
Life Sciences
Water
Environmental Quality, Health, and Management
Ecological Studies, Environmental Impact
Environmental Research
Water Resources
Ecological and Environmental Research and Policy
Hydrology
Ecology
Water Science and Research
Ecosystems
Ecological Studies, Environmental Impact
Aquatic Ecology
Ecological Research
Hydrology
Environmental Management
River Basins
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.