CERP Project:
PBC Agriculture Reserve Aquifer Storage and Recovery
The purpose of this project is to supplement water supplies for central and southern Palm Beach County by capturing and storing excess water currently discharged to the Lake Worth Lagoon. These supplemental deliveries would reduce demands on Lake Okeechobee and Loxahatchee National Wildlife Area. It is assumed that this facility could also be designed to achieve water quality improvements in downstream receiving waters, depending upon pollutant loading conditions in the watershed.
The project includes 15 aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) well clusters, with a capacity of 75-million gallons per day, and associated chlorination for pre- and post- for pre-treatment and aeration for post-treatment, located adjacent to a reservoir (Part 1). The wells would pump water into the aquifer during the wet season; and would pump water from the aquifer to the Lake Worth Drainage District canals to help maintain canal stages during the dry season.
Project Contacts:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:
Jeff Couch, Section Chief
Jeffery.D.Couch@usace.army.mil
Sponsor:
No designee at this time
Project Details:
| Project Sponsor: | South Florida Water Management District |
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| Project Schedule: | For scheduling information regarding this project, please see the Master Implementation Sequencing Plan (MISP). |
| Project Phase: | Pre-Construction, Engineering and Design |
| Design Agreement: | 12 May 2000 |
| CERP Component Designation: | VV Part 2 |
| Project Cooperation Agreement: | |
| Authorization: | Not currently authorized |
