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publications > circular > impact of anthropogenic development on coastal ground-water hydrology in southeastern florida, 1900-2000 > tables and figures


Impact of Anthropogenic Development on Coastal Ground-Water Hydrology in Southeastern Florida, 1900-2000

Circular 1275
Abstract
Introduction
Desc. of Study Area
Water & Land Uses
Development of Water Mgt. Sys. & Impact on Hydrology of SE Florida
Summary
Selected References
PDF
Tables and Figures
GIS Data Layers

Tables and Figures

Tables
  1. Municipal water use in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties from 1930 to 1995
  2. Estimated agricultural water use in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties in 1953
  3. Estimated agricultural water use in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties in 1977
  4. Estimated agricultural water use in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties in 1988
  5. Estimated agricultural water use in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties in 1995

Figures
  1. Map showing location of the urban-agricultural corridor of southeastern Florida
  2. Graph showing population growth in southeastern Florida, 1900 to 2000
  3. Maps showing typical average annual, wet-season, and dry-season rainfall patterns in southern Florida
  4. Map showing anticipated rainfall during an extreme 3-day rainfall event for a 100-year return period in southern Florida
  5. Map showing physiographic provinces in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties
  6. Hydrogeologic section showing geologic formations, aquifers, and confining units of the surficial aquifer system in central Miami-Dade County
  7. Maps showing configuration of bedrock surface underlying peat deposits and distribution of peat deposits in southeastern Florida
  8. Schematics showing Everglades drainage conveyance features that contributed to a gradual loss of peat and peat soils through subsidence, compaction, and oxidation
  9. Map showing base and extent of the surficial aquifer system in southeastern Florida
  10. Map showing distribution of transmissivity within the surficial aquifer system in southeastern Florida
  11. Fence diagram showing hydrochemical facies within the surficial aquifer system in southeastern Florida
  12. Maps showing distribution of dissolved chloride and specific conductance at depths of 50, 100, and 150 feet within the surficial aquifer system in southeastern Florida
  13. Maps showing land-use conditions and population in southeastern Florida during1900 and 1920
  14. Maps showing land-use conditions and population in southeastern Florida during1940 and 1960
  15. Maps showing land-use conditions and population in southeastern Florida during1980 and 2000
  16. Graph showing water use in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, 1965-2000
  17. Pie charts showing ground- and surface-water uses in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties by category, 1965 and 2000
  18. Maps showing municipal ground-water withdrawals in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties in 1930, 1940, and 1950
  19. Maps showing municipal ground-water withdrawals in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties in 1965, 1970, and 1980
  20. Maps showing municipal ground-water withdrawals in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties in 1985, 1990, and 1995
  21. Photograph showing workmen cultivating a field of tomatoes near Pompano Beach
  22. Maps showing estimated agricultural water use in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties during 1953 and 1977, and, 1988 and 1995
  23. Maps showing extent of limestone borrow pit mines in the Lake Belt area in 1963 and 1975, and, 1984 and 1992
  24. Photographs showing Lake Belt limestone borrow-pit mine in Miami-Dade County
  25. Photographs showing artificial lakes along the Sawgrass Expressway in reclaimed wetland areas adjoining water-conservation areas in Broward County
  26. Maps showing hypothetical aquifer storage and recovery pressure buildup in the Upper Floridan aquifer using the Hantush-Jacob analytical model, assuming relatively high transmissivity and confining bed leakance or relatively low transmissivity and confining bed leakance
  27. Maps showing surface-water conveyance features in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties in 1920, 1930, and 1940
  28. Poster used to attract buyers of newly drained agricultural lands
  29. Photographs showing dredging of the Miami Canal at Hialeah in 1919 and the South New River Canal at Davie in 1920
  30. Political cartoons published for the “Back to Broward League”
  31. Poster announcing the historic completion of Hoover Dike at Lake Okeechobee
  32. Photographs showing extensive flooding in Hialeah and Fort Lauderdale caused by major hurricanes that hit southeastern Florida in 1947 and 1948, respectively
  33. Photograph showing the “weeping cow”
  34. Maps showing surface-water conveyance system in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties in 1950 and 1960
  35. Maps showing surface-water conveyance system in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties in 1970 and 1990
  36. Photograph showing gated coastal control structure at the eastern end of Snake Creek Canal
  37. Diagrams showing canals of southern Florida exhibiting both gaining and losing characteristics depending on relative stage level
  38. Maps showing average water levels in the surficial aquifer system in southeastearn Florida during April 1940-44 and October 1940-44
  39. Maps showing average water levels in the surficial aquifer system in southeastearn Florida during April 1970-74 and October 1970-74
  40. Maps showing average water levels in the surficial aquifer system in southeastearn Florida during April 1990-94 and October 1990-94
  41. Photographs showing City of Miami water well in 1899 at the Miami River headwaters, and unidentified man withdrawing water from a freshwater spring in Biscayne Bay in 1890
  42. Maps showing average difference in water levels between April 1940-44 and April 1990-94, and October 1940-44 and October 1990-94
  43. Maps showing average difference in water levels between April 1940-44 and April 1970-74, and October 1940-44 and October 1970-74
  44. Maps showing average difference in water levels between April 1970-74 and April 1990-94, and October 1970-74 and October 1990-94
  45. Graph showing average departure in rainfall from monthly mean average conditions at 14 sites in southeastern Florida
  46. Hydrographs showing dampening of variations in ground-water levels following emplacement of the Everglades-South Dade Conveyance System
  47. Map showing location of selected surface-water sites used to monitor canal stage and flow in southeastern Florida
  48. Hydrographs showing long-term mean monthly stage and discharge during the wet season (May-October) and dry season (November-April) at selected surfacewater sites along the coastal reach of major canals in southeastern Florida
  49. Hydrographs showing long-term mean monthly stage and discharge during the wet season (May-October) and dry season (November-April) at selected surfacewater sites along the western margin and urban reach of major canals in southeastern Florida
  50. Map showing line depicting the landward limit of the saltwater interface in southeastern Florida in 1996
  51. Cross sections through the Cutler Ridge area showing lines of equal chloride concentration, and results from a flow-net analysis, September 18, 1958
  52. Cross section through the Silver Bluff area showing the zone of diffusion
  53. Maps showing saltwater intrusion near the Miami Canal in Miami-Dade County, 1904-43
  54. Maps showing saltwater intrusion near the Miami Canal in Miami-Dade County, 1946-62
  55. Maps showing saltwater intrusion near the Miami Canal in Miami-Dade County, 1969-95
  56. Map showing saltwater intrusion in southern Broward and northern Miami-Dade Counties in 1945, 1969, and 1993
  57. Schematic diagram showing movement of the saltwater interface near the Hallandale Well Field in southern Broward County, 1976-99
  58. Distribution of selected fauna related to underlying hydrologic factors in the Cutler Ridge area
  59. Maps showing salinity estimates in Biscayne Bay during 1850-1900 and August 1996
  60. Graphs showing relative abundance of three benthic foraminifera (Articulina mucronata, Archaias angulatus, and Miliolinella circularis) in cores FB1 and MB1 from Biscayne Bay

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