Aquifer Recharge Field Trip #2

Date: Wednesday, Sept 15
Times: 8:00am to 6:00pm
Cost: $70 (Includes lunch and beverages)
Leader: Andrew Stone, American Ground Water Trust

Registration: Online or Mail-In

  This field trip will visit three of Florida’s aquifer recharge sites.  All have different geologic and operational characteristics. Project experts will be on hand at each site to provide detailed background on hydrogeology, project objectives, engineering and regulatory issues.

S Water Conserv II, near Winter Garden, distributes 50 mgd of reclaimed water to agricultural, commercial, industrial and residential customers.  Reclaimed water is also piped to 71 Rapid Infiltration Basins with a permitted recharge capacity of 29 mgd.

S Orange County’s Eastern Water Reclamation Facility, east of Orlando, has progressed through drilling and testing involving wire line coring, packer testing, geophysical logging, aquifer performance and water quality tests. Surface facilities construction is complete and the site is currently in cycle testing phase.

S The objective of the Kissimmee River Pilot Site at Okeechobee is to determine the feasibility of ASR as a water management strategy for Everglades restoration.  An intensive geochemical, geotechnical and operational data collection effort is continuing to assess technological feasibility, effective management, and cost-effectiveness of environmental ASR for ecosystem restoration.

S The field trip will include a stop on the northern shore of Lake Okeechobee.