The "mining" of groundwater by excessive withdrawals has caused a new
regulation in eastern North Carolina mandating reductions in groundwater
withdrawal. This regulation sets new ground by not only capping withdrawals,
but actually mandating dramatic reductions up to 75% of capacity and explicitly
addressing the benefits of aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) by allowing the storage filling step to credit
against a utility's groundwater withdrawals.
This paper presents a case study of a utility that is pursuing conjunctive use of
groundwater and surface water supplies and possible future ASR application for
increased capacity, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. Conjunctive use of
different quality supplies requires considerations of water quality issues such as
blending, corrosion control, and disinfection byproduct control. These issues are
evaluated and presented along with capacity, reliability, and cost-effectiveness
findings. Includes figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 6 |
| Published : | 06/15/2003 |
