Record of wells in the Floridan aquifer in Dade and Monroe counties, Florida

Hydrogeology and the distribution and origin of salinity in the Floridan aquifer system, southeastern Florida

“…Table 8. Calculated altitudes of a saltwater interface in southeastern Florida using the Ghyben-Herzberg approximation and comparison with altitudes of the base of the brackish-water zone {Well locations shown in figure 1; head data from Bush and Johnston (1988), except for well S-1533, which is from Beaven and Meyer (1978) An observation which lends support to the residual salinity theory is that the sediments of the brackishwater zone are generally fine grained, low in permeability, and high in porosity. These characteristics could make complete flushing difficult, even over long periods of time.…”

“…Beaven and Meyer (1978) present a record of wells in the Floridan aquifer system in Dade and Monroe Counties. Smith and others (1982) provide data on selected deep wells in southern Florida, including all of the wells penetrating the Floridan aquifer system in the study area.…”

Areal extent of a plume of mineralized water from a flowing artesian well in Dade County, Florida

“…Healy (1975) used the artesian level of this well in mapping the potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer in the south Florida area. Beaven and Meyer (1978) included the Grossman well in a well inventory of the Floridan aquifer in south Florida and listed pertinent information including chemical analyses. Geophysical logs of the Grossman well were obtained in 1969 by the Florida Bureau of Geology and in 1974 by the U.S. Geological Survey.…”

“…Historic data concerning the flow rates and quality of water from the Grossman well are sparse. The data listed in table 1 are from Beaven and Meyer (1978), and from recently analyzed water samples. The initial flow rate at land surface in 1944 was 2,300 gal/min but had decreased to about 1,000 gal/min in 1968.…”

Water supply development for a new 17.5 MGD (66,200 m3/d) brackish-water RO facility for the City of Hialeah, Florida

“…Several regional hydrogeologic investigations were conducted in southern Florida to compile aquifer hydraulic and water quality data [3][4][5][6]. Recent hydrogeologic investigations conducted in South Florida show that the system contains at least three separate aquifers with the lowest salinity water occurring at the top of the system and increasing salinity with depth (Fig.…”