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Saltwater intrusion in a highly transmissive unconfined aquifer.

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Date Issued:
1986
Summary:
Early hydrologic descriptions by Munroe (1930,p. 188, 218) and Sewell (1933) indicated that pristine conditions in Dade County, Fla., were marked by high ground-water levels near the coast and in the Everglades, freshwater springs welling up through the floor of Biscayne Bay, and 50-foot (15-meter) deep wells yielding potable water by flow near the mouth of the Miami River. Dredging of the Miami Canal cut into highly permeable zones of the Biscayne aquifer (Schroeder and others, 1985), disturbed the natural balance between the fresh ground water and the saltwater of Biscayne Bay, and permitted saltwater to locally intrude the aquifer.
Title: Saltwater intrusion in a highly transmissive unconfined aquifer.
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Name(s): Waller,Bradley G.
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Technical Report
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1986
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 8 pages
Language(s): English
Summary: Early hydrologic descriptions by Munroe (1930,p. 188, 218) and Sewell (1933) indicated that pristine conditions in Dade County, Fla., were marked by high ground-water levels near the coast and in the Everglades, freshwater springs welling up through the floor of Biscayne Bay, and 50-foot (15-meter) deep wells yielding potable water by flow near the mouth of the Miami River. Dredging of the Miami Canal cut into highly permeable zones of the Biscayne aquifer (Schroeder and others, 1985), disturbed the natural balance between the fresh ground water and the saltwater of Biscayne Bay, and permitted saltwater to locally intrude the aquifer.
Identifier: FI06082197 (IID), 1031727 (digitool), fiu:18034 (fedora), AAC1062QF
Note(s): Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Electronic version created 2006, State University System of Florida.
Subject(s): saltwater
Biscayne Aquifer (Fla.)
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI06082197.pdf
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Host Institution: FIU