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Floridan Aquifer System Groundwater Availability Study

Objectives

The overall objective for the current study is to assess the availability of water in the Floridan Aquifer System. Achieving this objective includes quantifying the groundwater resource by creating water budgets both spatially and temporally as well as evaluating the groundwater resource changes over time. Additionally, tools will be provided to assess the future impacts of humans and environmental changes (such as climate) on the Floridan Aquifer System and aid in designing groundwater monitoring networks. To achieve these goals the numerous tasks will be done that will improve our knowledge of the Floridan Aquifer System since the previous RASA study 30 years ago. Some of the issues that will be addressed to advance our knowledge include:

• Quantifying changes to water availability. For example, have the increased groundwater withdrawals in the last 30 years begun to impact the availability of water.
• Including additional data collected and knowledge of the system to update the overall conceptual model of the Floridan Aquifer System.
• Addressing the implications of future climate change and water use on water availability in the Floridan Aquifer System.
• Analyzing the potential for the reduction of water availability from saltwater encroachment (both horizontally and vertically) in different areas of the Floridan Aquifer System, particularly as it relates to sea level rise.