Preliminary evaluation of infiltration from the Miami Canal to well fields in the Miami Springs-Hialeah area, Dade County, Florida

Meyer, Frederick W.

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“…In the C-4 and C-6 Basins, groundwater pumpage from MDWASD well fields was 13 and 14 percent and 26 and 27 percent of the sum of local sources of groundwater inflow to the basins during the calibration and verification periods, respectively. Differences between well-field pumpage and simulated groundwater inflows were less than values calculated in other studies (for example, Parker and others, 1955;Meyer, 1972;Miller, 1978;Sunderland and Krupa, 2007), but those studies did not evaluate the groundwater budget for the entire surface-water basin containing the well field of interest. Overall, groundwater pumpage represented 13 percent of the sum of local sources of inflow to the urban parts of the study area during the calibration and verification periods.…”

Section: Selected Surface-water Basinsmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…Surface-water losses in the and adjacent tributaries near the Miami Springs-Hialeah-Preston well fields ( fig. 1) contributed about 78 percent (100×53.7 ft 3 /s ÷ 69 ft 3 /s) of the total pumpage on March 28, 1946 (Parker and others, 1955), 52 percent (100×71.9 ft 3 /s ÷ 1.7 ft 3 /s), 55 percent (100×78.4 ft 3 /s ÷ 142.4 ft 3 /s) of the total pumpage in 1970 and 1971, respectively (Meyer, 1972), and 46 percent (100×75.2 ft 3 /s ÷ 162.5 ft 3 /s) of the total pumpage in 1973 (Miller, 1978). Although these studies have quantified the effect of groundwater pumpage on canal leakage in MiamiDade County, these analyses were limited to brief periods for the Miami Springs-Hialeah-Preston well fields and the Snapper Creek and Alexander Orr well fields, and no determination was made of how increased groundwater withdrawals would affect groundwater inflow from the Everglades or reductions in freshwater discharge to tide at the coast from salinity control structures.…”

Section: C-1mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Representative publications describing the evolution and flow characteristics of the surface-water system in Miami-Dade County include Sherwood and Leach (1962), Leach and Sherwood (1963), Kohout and Leach (1964), Leach and Grantham (1966), Leach and others (1972), Meyer (1972), and Cooper and Lane (1987). Representative publications describing the Biscayne aquifer in Miami-Dade County, many of which focus on aquifer response to groundwater pumpage and its effect on seawater intrusion, include Brown and Parker (1945), Parker (1945), Parker (1951), Parker and others (1955), Klein (1957), Schroeder and others (1958), Cooper (1959), Kohout (1960a, b;1961a, b), Kohout and Hoy (1963), Kohout (1964), Kohout and Klein (1967), Kohout and Kolipinski (1967), Hull and Meyer (1973), Klein and Waller (1985), Klein and Ratzlaff (1989), Fish and Stewart (1991), Sonenshein and Koszalka (1996), and Sonenshein (1997).…”

Section: Previous Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recently, cyclostratigraphic and (or) geophysical methods have been used to develop a more detailed, stratigraphic understanding of Biscayne aquifer heterogeneity and are summarized in Cunningham and others (2001Cunningham and others ( , 2004Cunningham and others ( , 2006Cunningham and others ( , 2009), Hickey and others (2010), and Cunningham and Sukop (2011). The publications of Leach and Sherwood (1963), Kohout and Leach (1964), Leach and Grantham (1966), Leach and others (1972), and Meyer (1972) also evaluated the effect of surface-water system management on seawater intrusion in the Biscayne aquifer. The study of Meyer (1972) is notable because it specifically evaluated canal leakage induced by groundwater pumpage in the Miami Springs-Hialeah area.…”

Section: Previous Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The publications of Leach and Sherwood (1963), Kohout and Leach (1964), Leach and Grantham (1966), Leach and others (1972), and Meyer (1972) also evaluated the effect of surface-water system management on seawater intrusion in the Biscayne aquifer. The study of Meyer (1972) is notable because it specifically evaluated canal leakage induced by groundwater pumpage in the Miami Springs-Hialeah area. Other representative publications that have evaluated interaction of the surface-water system and the Biscayne aquifer include Chin (1990), Nemeth and others (2000), Sonenshein (2001), Nemeth and Solo-Gabriele (2003), and Sunderland and Krupa (2007).…”

Section: Previous Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hydrologic conditions in urban Miami-Dade County, Florida, and the effect of groundwater pumpage and increased sea level on canal leakage and regional groundwater flow

Hughes¹,

White²

2014

Scientific Investigations Report

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For more information on the USGS-the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment, visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1-888-ASK-USGS.For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://www.usgs.gov/pubprodTo order this and other USGS information products, visit http://store.usgs.gov Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also may contain copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner. AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to extend special thanks to Virginia Walsh, Idia MacFarlane, and Sonia Villamil of the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department for their guidance and assistance in obtaining data for the study. John E. Doherty of Watermark Numerical Computing also provided assistance refining the model calibration process applied in this study.The authors would like to extend appreciation to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists Kevin Cunningham and Christian D. Langevin, whose assistance was invaluable to the development of the model used in this study. The authors would like to acknowledge other USGS scientists, including Linzy Brakefield, Joann Dixon, Melinda Lohmann, and Scott Prinos for their contributions to this report. The authors are also grateful to the technical reviewers of this report, including Brian Clark and Jon Traum of the U.S. Geological Survey. xii Elevation, as used in this report, is the distance above the vertical datum.Concentrations of chemical constituents in water are given in milligrams per liter (mg/L). AbstractThe extensive and highly managed surface-water system in southeastern Florida constructed during the 20th Century has allowed for the westward expansion of urban and agricultural activities in Miami-Dade County. In urban areas of the county, the surface-water system is used to (1) control urban flooding, (2) supply recharge to production well fields, and (3) control seawater intrusion. Previous studies in Miami-Dade County have determined that on a local scale, leakage from canals adjacent to well fields can supply a large percentage (46 to 78 percent) of the total groundwater pumpage from production well fields. Canals in the urban areas also receive seepage from the Biscayne aquifer that is derived from a combination of local rainfall and groundwater flow from Water Conservation Area 3 and Everglades National Park, which are west of urban areas of Miami-Dade County.To evaluate the effects of groundwater pumpage on canal leakage and regional groundwater flow, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) developed and calibrated a coupled surfacewater/groundwater model of the urban areas of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The model was calibrated by using observation data collected from January 1997 through December 2004...

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Section: Selected Surface-water Basinsmentioning

confidence: 77%

Section: C-1mentioning

confidence: 99%