Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration

The report reviews a comprehensive research plan on Everglades restoration drafted by federal and Florida officials that assesses a central feature of the restoration: a proposal to drill more than 300 wells funneling up to 1.7 billion gallons of water a day into underground aquifers, where it would be stored and then pumped back to the surface to replenish the Everglades during dry periods. The report says that the research plan goes a long way to providing information needed to settle remaining technical questions and clearly responds to suggestions offered by scientists in Florida and in a previous report by the Research Council.Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction2 Tasks3 Other Topics4 Conclusions and RecommendationsReferencesAppendix A Executive Summary and Table of Contents from ASRRegional Study Draft Project Management Plan CERP, May 2002Appendix B National Research Council Board Membership and StaffAppendix C Biographical Sketches of Members of the Committee onRestoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem and OutsideConsultantsAppendix D Acronyms