2.0 Field Investigation Summaries

The following field investigation summaries were prepared by David Pyne/ASR Systems. They present microbiological and other water quality data on ASR wells, drainage wells, sinkholes, monitor wells and bank filtration systems. Source material and data are provided in Adobe.pdf format.


2.1 Aquifer Storage Recovery Wells

2.1.1 Lake Okeechobee, Florida

CH2M HILL. Construction and Testing of the Aquifer Storage Recovery Demonstration Project for Lake Okeechobee, Florida. Prepared for the South Florida Water Management District. December 1989.

2.1.2 City of Tampa, Rome Avenue Park, Florida

CH2M HILL. Phase I Cycle Testing Results of the New ASR Wells at the Rome Avenue Park Site. November 17, 2000.

2.1.3 Adelaide, Australia

Data on attenuation of microbiota during ASR storage of reclaimed wastewater and stormwater at two sites: Bolivar and Andrews Farm. 2001.

  • S. Toze. "Effect of Wastewater Injection in Groundwater on the Growth Potential of Opportunistic Pathogens." CSIRO Land and Water/Centre for Groundwater Studies Report. 1998.
  • Dillon, P., Pavelic, P., Toze, S., Ragusa, S., Wright, M., Peter, P., Martin, R., Gerges, N., and Rink-Pfeiffer, S. "Storing Recycled Water in an Aquifer at Bolivar: Benefits and Risks." Proceedings for the International Association of Water Quality Conference on Diffuse Pollution. Perth, Australia. May 1999.
  • Dillon, P., Toze, S., Pavelic, P., Ragusa, S., Martin, R., Gerges, N., and Rink-Pfeiffer, S. "Addressing The Risks In Storing Recycled Water In An Australian Aquifer." Proceedings of the 9th Biennial Symposium on the Artificial Recharge of Groundwater. Tempe, Arizona. June 10-12, 1999.
  • Ragusa, S.R., Flower, R.L.P., Dillon, P.J. and Pavelic, P. "Measurement of Pathogen Inactivation in Artificially Recharged Stormwater." In Proceedings of the IAH International Groundwater Conference: Groundwater Sustainable Solutions. 1998.

2.1.4 Arizona

Data to be added for a representative ASR site in Arizona storing partially treated surface water from the Central Arizona Project (CAP) Aquaduct in ASR wells, monitoring compliance with drinking water standards at the edge of a Compliance Zone around the well, pursuant to Arizona law and regulations.

2.2 Drainage Wells

2.2.1 Altamonte Springs, Florida

Recent, unpublished data pertaining to St. Johns River Water Management District, Central Florida Drainage Well Investigation, including background sampling at three lake-level control wells near Altamonte Springs, 2001.

2.2.2 Orlando, Florida

Schiner, G. H. and E. R. German. Effects of Recharge from Drainage Wells on Quality of Water in the Floridan Aquifer in the Orlando Area, Central Florida. U.S. Geological Survey Water Resource Investigations Report 82-4094. Tallahassee, Florida. 1983.

2.2.3 Florida

Kimrey, J.O. and L. D. Fayard. Geohydrologic Reconnaissance of Drainage Wells in Florida. U.S. Geological Survey Water Resource Investigations Report 84-4021. Tallahassee, Florida. 1984.

2.2.4 Orlando, Florida

Bradner, L. A. Water Quality in the Upper Floridan Aquifer in the Vicinity of Drainage Wells, Orlando, Florida. U.S. Geological Survey Water Resource Investigations Report 90-4175. Tallahassee, Florida. 1991.

2.3 Sinkholes

2.3.1 Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Cardinale, Tom. Groundwater Contamination from Lake Grady Sinkhole #2. Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, Florida. Water Management Division. December 2000.
  • Hillsborough County Health Department, Environmental Health Services. Narrative Report Waterborne Illness Outbreak Investigation #290060. "An Outbreak of Gastrointestinal Illness Related to Groundwater Contaminated by Surface Water through a Sinkhole in Hillsborough County, Florida." November 7, 2000.

2.4 Deep Injection Monitor Wells

2.4.1 Miami-Dade County, Florida

  • Rust Engineering. Chemical Tracer Feasibility Study for South District Wastewater Treatment Plant. Report No. 1 (Revised), Prepared for Miami-Dade Water & Sewer Department (MDWASD) and submitted to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 1998.
  • Data unpublished but available pertaining to water quality data from 30 monitoring wells associated with a Class I underground injection system operated by the MDWASD, and located at the MDWASD's South District wastewater treatment plant in southeastern Miami-Dade County, Florida. The data was submitted by MDWASD to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida. Data covers the period January 1992 through September 2001. Data collection began in 1983. Data prior to 1995 are reported to be unreliable.

2.4.2 St. Petersburg, Florida

CH2M HILL. Environmental Risk and Geochemical Analysis related to the City of St. Petersburg's Underground Injection and Monitoring System. Prepared for the City of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida. March 1993.

2.5 Bank Filtration Systems

2.5.1 Louisville, Kentucky

Personal communication concerning water quality monitoring results for a 15,000-gpm bank filtration collector well withdrawing surface water from the Ohio River, 2002.
David C. Schafer, consultant to Louisville Water Company, Kentucky. Additional information is expected directly from Louisville Water Company.

2.5.2 Berlin, Germany

Personal communication with Mr. Rob Sage, Vivendi, Watford, England, including a description of a planned 5-year major bank filtration water quality investigation being conducted by several universities and Vivendi, beginning during June 2002.

2.5.3 Kennewick and Kalama, Washington

  • Mikels, Susan M. "Characterizing the Influence of Surface Water on Water Produced by Collector Wells." Journal of the American Water Works Association. Volume 84, No. 9. September 1992.
  • Published water quality information provided by Ranney Collector Wells for several bank filtration sites around the United States, including Kennewick and Kalama, Washington.

2.5.4 The Promise of Bank Filtration (published 2002)

  • Tufenkje, N., Ryan, J.N. and Elimelech, M. Bank Filtration : A simple technology may inexpensively clean up poor-quality raw surface water. Environmental Science and Technology, 1 Nov 2002, p 423A-428A. 2002.
  • This article is a summary paper, giving overview of occurence of bank filtration in Europe, the redox zones in aquifers and contaminant attenuation. The article contains 47 references.





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