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Areal Extent Of A Plume of Mineralized Water From A Flowing Astesian Well In Dade County, Florida Water-Resources Investigations 82-20.

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Date Issued:
1982-03
Abstract:
A flowing artesian well tapping the Floridan aquifer at Chekika Hammock State Park, Dade County, Florida, has been contaminating the overlying Biscayne aquifer with saline water since 1944. The contaminating plume extends approximately 7 miles downstream and southeast of the well and ranges in width from 1 to 2 miles. The area of contamination is approximately 12 square miles. The primary contaminating chemical constituents are chloride, sodium, and sulfate ions.
Title: Areal Extent Of A Plume of Mineralized Water From A Flowing Astesian Well In Dade County, Florida Water-Resources Investigations 82-20.
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Name(s): Waller, Bradley G., creator
Metropolitan Dade County Planning Department, contributor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Technical Report
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1982-03
Publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service
Place of Publication: Tallahassee, FL.
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 20 pages
Language(s): English
Abstract: A flowing artesian well tapping the Floridan aquifer at Chekika Hammock State Park, Dade County, Florida, has been contaminating the overlying Biscayne aquifer with saline water since 1944. The contaminating plume extends approximately 7 miles downstream and southeast of the well and ranges in width from 1 to 2 miles. The area of contamination is approximately 12 square miles. The primary contaminating chemical constituents are chloride, sodium, and sulfate ions.
Identifier: FI05033103 (IID), 1005466 (digitool), fiu:5829 (fedora), AAB9590QF
Note(s): Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2005. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Electronic version created 2005, State University System of Florida.
Subject(s): Artesian wells
Mineral waters
Florida
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI05033103.pdf
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Host Institution: FIU