Table 1. Historical and current aquifer storage and recovery sites in southern Florida
[County: B, Broward; CH, Charlotte; CO, Collier; L, Lee; MD, Miami-Dade; MO, Monroe; OK, Okeechobee; PB, Palm Beach; STL. St. Lucie. Utility or operator: BCOES, Broward County Office of Environmental Services; USGS, U.S. Geological Survey; LCRWSA, Lee County Regional Water Supply Authority; MDWSD, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department; FKAA, Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority; SFWMD, South Florida Water Management District; FDEP, Florida Department of Environmental Protection; PBCWUD, Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department. Storage zone aquifer: B, Biscayne aquifer; LFA, Lower Floridan Aquifer; MHA, mid-Hawthorn aquifer; SS, sandstone aquifer; UFA, Upper Floridan aquifer. Other abbreviations: WTP, water treatment plant; WWTP, wastewater treatment plant]
Site No.1
Site name and abbreviation
County
Utility or operator
Storage
zone
aquiferStatus
Source water
No. of injection wells
No. of monitoring wells in storage zone
1
Deerfield Beach West WTP (DFB)
B
Deerfield Beach
UFA
Construction complete
Treated drinking water
1
1
2
Broward County WTP 2A (BC)
B
BCOES
UFA
Operational testing
Raw ground water
1
1
3
Springtree WTP (ST)
B
Sunrise
UFA
Operational testing
Treated drinking water
1
0
4
Fiveash WTP (FA)
B
Fort Lauderdale
UFA
Operational testing
Treated drinking water (future raw ground water)
1
1
5
Shell Creek WTP (SC)
CH
Punta Gorda
UFA
Construction complete
Treated drinking water
1
0
6
Englewood South Regional WWTP (EW)
CH
Englewood Water District
UFA
Construction complete
Reclaimed water
1
1
7
Manatee Road (MR)
CO
Collier County
MHA
Operating
Treated drinking water
1
3
8
Marco Lakes (ML)
CO
Florida Water Services
UFA
Operational testing
Partially treated surface water
3
2
9
Lee County WTP (LC)
L
USGS
UFA
Experimental and inactive
Raw and treated surface water
1
2
10
Corkscrew WTP (CS)
L
LCRWSA
MHA
Operating
Treated drinking water
5
5
11
North Reservoir (NR)
L
Lee County
UFA
Operational testing
Treated drinking water
1
1
12
Winkler Avenue (WA)
L
Fort Myers
UFA
Operational testing
Treated drinking water
1
1
13
San Carlos Estates (SCE)
L
Bonita Springs
UFA
Operational testing
Treated drinking water
1
1
14
Olga WTP (OL)
L
Lee County
UFA
Construction complete
Treated drinking water
1
2
15
Hialeah (HI)
MD
USGS
UFA
Experimental and inactive
Raw ground water
1
1
16
Miami Beach (MB)
MD
Miami Beach
B
Operational testing
Treated drinking water
1
Unknown
17
West Well Field (WWF)
MD
MDWSD
MHA, UFA
Operational testing
Raw ground water
3
1
18
Southwest Well Field (SWF)
MD
MDWSD
UFA
Construction complete
Raw ground water
2
0
19
Marathon (MA)
MO
FKAA
SS
Inactive
Treated drinking water
1
1
20
Taylor Creek/Nubbin Slough (Lake Okeechobee) (LO)
OK
SFWMD
LFA
Experimental and inactive
Raw surface water
1
1
21
Jupiter (JU)
PB
FDEP
UFA
Experimental and inactive
Raw surface water
1
1
22
Boynton Beach East WTP (BB)
PB
Boynton Beach
UFA
Operating
Treated drinking water
1
0
23
Delray Beach North Storage Reservoir (DRB)
PB
Delray Beach
UFA
Construction complete
Treated drinking water
1
0
24
West Palm Beach WTP (WPB)
PB
West Palm Beach
UFA
Operational testing
Treated surface water (future raw surface water)
1
1
25
System 3 Palm Beach County (SY3)
PB
PBCWUD
UFA
Construction complete; waiting on permit
Treated drinking water (future raw ground water)
1
1
26
Western Hillsboro Canal, Site 1 (WHC)
PB
SFWMD
UFA
Under construction
Not yet determined
1
1
27
St. Lucie County (SL)
STL
SFWMD
UFA
Experimental and inactive
Raw ground water
1
2
1 Site numbers refer only to this report. Site locations are shown in figure 1.
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
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