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Potential for Saltwater Intrusion into the Upper Floridan Aquifer, Hernando and Manatee Counties, Florida

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Date Issued:
1990
Summary:
The purpose of this report is to present the analysis of the hydrogeology and its effect on the potential for saltwater intrusion. Water quality and water levels have been monitored at two coastal well sites and are compared with tidal fluctuations. The comparisons in the report pertain to lag times and dampening effects as a result of the environmental characteristics between the wells and the gulf. Also described, as a result of data collection at the well sites, are analyses supporting flow in the zone of transition based on equations in Hubbert. The report also describes the models that were developed to simulate ground-water flow and the transport of solute in the ground-water flow system. Solute-transport model results are presented that show the position of the freshwater-saltwater interface based on nonunique sets of hydraulic conditions used as input data for the model simulations. The study area consists of two coastal sites: (1) Aripeka in Hernando County, 40 miles northwest of Tampa ; and (2) Rubonia in Manatee County, 25 miles south of Tampa. Each site has a focal point that consists of a ROMP well completed to the base of the Upper Floridan aquifer. Each ROMP well was tested to determine the hydraulic characteristics of the aquifer, logged to determine borehole characteristics and the nature of the freshwater-saltwater transition zone, and finished with several piezometers open to separate zones.
Title: Potential for Saltwater Intrusion into the Upper Floridan Aquifer, Hernando and Manatee Counties, Florida.
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Name(s): Mahon, Gary L.
Southwest Florida Water Management District (Fla.)
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Bibliography
Issuance: multipart monograph
Date Issued: 1989 [i.e. 1990]
Date Issued: 1990
Date Issued: 1990
Publisher: Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey, Books and Open-File Reports [distributor]
Place of Publication: Tallahassee, Fla.
Denver, Colo.
Physical Form: print
Extent: iv, 47 p. : ill., maps ; 28.
Language(s): eng
Summary: The purpose of this report is to present the analysis of the hydrogeology and its effect on the potential for saltwater intrusion. Water quality and water levels have been monitored at two coastal well sites and are compared with tidal fluctuations. The comparisons in the report pertain to lag times and dampening effects as a result of the environmental characteristics between the wells and the gulf. Also described, as a result of data collection at the well sites, are analyses supporting flow in the zone of transition based on equations in Hubbert. The report also describes the models that were developed to simulate ground-water flow and the transport of solute in the ground-water flow system. Solute-transport model results are presented that show the position of the freshwater-saltwater interface based on nonunique sets of hydraulic conditions used as input data for the model simulations. The study area consists of two coastal sites: (1) Aripeka in Hernando County, 40 miles northwest of Tampa ; and (2) Rubonia in Manatee County, 25 miles south of Tampa. Each site has a focal point that consists of a ROMP well completed to the base of the Upper Floridan aquifer. Each ROMP well was tested to determine the hydraulic characteristics of the aquifer, logged to determine borehole characteristics and the nature of the freshwater-saltwater transition zone, and finished with several piezometers open to separate zones.
Identifier: 21315339 (oclc), fgcu_swfe_0393 (IID), AAA3819 QF
Note(s): by Gary L. Mahon ; prepared in cooperation with the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-47).
Subject(s): Saltwater encroachment -- Florida -- Hernando County
Saltwater encroachment -- Florida -- Manatee County
Groundwater -- Florida -- Hernando County
Groundwater -- Florida -- Manatee County
Charlotte Harbor Information Resource Center documents
Held by: SUS01 FCL01
Held by: SUS01 FCL01
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fgcu/fd/fgcu_swfe_0393
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Host Institution: FGCU
Is Part of Series: Water-resources investigations report ; 88-4171.