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C-43 Basin Aquifer Storage and Recovery Part 2
C-43 Basin Aquifer Storage and Recovery Part 2
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Project Description
This project is the second part of the C-43 Basin Storage Reservoir and ASR component. This project includes aquifer storage and recovery wells with a total capacity of approximately 220 million gallons per day and associated pre- and post- water quality treatment located in the C-43 Basin in Hendry, Glades, or Lee Counties. The initial design of the wells assumed 44 wells, each with the capacity of 5 million gallons per day with chlorination for pre-treatment and aeration for post-treatment. The level and extent of treatment and number of the aquifer storage and recovery wells may be modified based on findings from a proposed aquifer storage and recovery pilot project (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1999). The purpose of this project is to capture C-43 Basin runoff and releases from Lake Okeechobee. The wells will be designed for water supply benefits, some flood attenuation, water quality benefits to reduce salinity and nutrient impacts of runoff to the estuary, and to provide environmental water supply deliveries to the Caloosahatchee Estuary. Excess runoff from the C-43 Basin and Lake Okeechobee flood control discharges will be pumped into the C-43 Basin Reservoir. Water from the reservoir will be injected into the aquifer storage and recovery wellfield for long-term (multi-season) storage. Any estuarine demands, not met by basin runoff and the aquifer storage and recovery wells, will be met by Lake Okeechobee as long as the lake stage is above a pre-determined level. Lake water is also used to meet the remaining basin demands subject to supply-side management. |
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