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July 1, 2019 City of Sunrise Floridan Aquifer Test Program Searching for Sustainable Water Quality and Yield Imagine the result
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Today’s Presenter Credits David Smith, ARCADIS
Plantation, Florida Today’s Presenter Credits Rod Miller, Marc Killingstad, ARCADIS Susan Bodmann, Neil Johnson, MWH Bob Romeo, Guarionex De Los Santos, Tim Welch, City of Sunrise Dan Ringdahl, Florida Design Drilling
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Outline The Challenge Evaluation Sustainability Site Selection
DIW Evaluation Groundwater Modeling Test Wells SGF-1 and SGF-2 Sustainability
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The Challenge
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The Challenge… Permitting (SFWMD Permit mandate)
Well Construction (locations) Hydrogeologic
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Well Construction Location Issues Land ownership / easements
Construction zone Wellhead appurtenances, raw water piping Disposal of test waters Hydrogeological factors
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Its not just a “hole in the ground”
Artesian head, approximately 40 feet above ground level Potential migration of brackish groundwater into overlying fresh water Surficial Aquifer during construction if: Inadequate intermediate casing strings Uncontrolled surface releases Variable aquifer characteristics Permeability Water quality SDI Resource sustainability Withdrawal (regional and localized well impacts) Salinity increases (up-coning)
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Hydrogeologic Framework
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Hydrogeologic Framework
Vertical changes in salinity reflect historic “flushing” of the aquifer….
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Hydrogeologic Framework
Once below sea, all of the aquifer was saline
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Hydrogeologic Framework
Less Brackish Now “freshened”, but reversals in salinity can occur above the lowermost USDW… Less Brackish
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Evaluation
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Site Selection SGF-2 Six Production well sites selected from more than 25 sites evaluated Two locations chosen for test/production wells SGF-1
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Locations SGF-1 Roadway median
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Locations SGF-2 Storm Retention Basin
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DIW Evaluation (Sunrise Injection Well Complex)
Increased understanding of the Floridan aquifer Availability of an existing extensive monitor zone network
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Injection Well Evaluation
Opportunities for knowledge from construction of Class I injection well systems
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Groundwater Modeling Refinements to an existing multi-layer variable density model (SEAWAT)
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A tool to help quantify potential hydraulic impacts and changes in water quality
Model Outputs: Water level heads, drawdowns and vertical flux between model layers Predicted water level changes in the IW monitor zone complex Application: Optimize well spacing Production interval Refine APT’s Groundwater Modeling
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Groundwater Modeling 12 MGD withdrawal from the UFA
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Groundwater Modeling Predicted head changes
All permitted tri-county withdrawals During planned APT’s
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Test wells SGF-1 and SGF-2
Two test/production wells: Final casings 16-inch ID FRP, 1,014 feet bls (SGF-2) Pilot hole drilling max depth 1,863 feet bls (SGF-2) Extensive testing UFA Production interval selected
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Test wells SGF-1 and SGF-2
Testing included: Lithologic analysis Drill Stem water quality Specific capacity testing, incl. shut-in tests Geophysical logging, formation and fluid Creative Packer testing (combination of annulus pumping, drill stem pumping, straddle packer geometries) SDI and sand testing Aquifer performance testing (step drawdown and constant rate with pumping of each and both production wells with extensive monitoring)
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Test wells SGF-1 and SGF-2
Salinity reversals more extreme than expected
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Test wells SGF-1 and SGF-2
UFA and APPZ observed, but other more permeable flow intervals identified between these zones.
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Test wells SGF-1 and SGF-2
Due to the discrete production interval with appropriate WQ, lower permeability and storage than desired.
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Sustainability
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Sustainability Aquifer recharge Well construction Water Quality
Is natural recharge sufficient to meet the current and projected withdrawals from this aquifer? Is Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) required? Well construction Interconnection of multiple aquifer zones – bad practice or not important? Water Quality Salinity increases – how much, when? Sustainability
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Questions?
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Imagine the result
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