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impacts analysis of the proposed Indian River Lagoon upland impoundment water preserve area (WPA) system on the St. Lucie Estuary in Martin County, Florida
Title
An impacts analysis of the proposed Indian River Lagoon upland impoundment water preserve area (WPA) system on the St. Lucie Estuary in Martin County, Florida.
Creator
White, Mark Anthony., Florida Atlantic University, Scarlatos, Panagiotis (Pete) D., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description
The C-23, C-24, C-44, North St. Lucie, and Tidal St. Lucie drainage basins in southeastern Florida contribute major pollutant-laden discharges to the St. Lucie Estuary. One of the key goals of several of the Indian River Lagoon Restoration Feasibility Study (IRLRFS) project features is to reduce the timing and delivery of freshwater discharges to estuary receiving waters. The WPA option is the most widely accepted feature. This regional water quality improvement system has been mentioned as...
Show moreThe C-23, C-24, C-44, North St. Lucie, and Tidal St. Lucie drainage basins in southeastern Florida contribute major pollutant-laden discharges to the St. Lucie Estuary. One of the key goals of several of the Indian River Lagoon Restoration Feasibility Study (IRLRFS) project features is to reduce the timing and delivery of freshwater discharges to estuary receiving waters. The WPA option is the most widely accepted feature. This regional water quality improvement system has been mentioned as either the centerpiece, or major part, of the solution to the St. Lucie Estuary discharge problem. As a result, this research effort seeks to predict WPA water quality impacts to the St. Lucie Estuary. The goal is to utilize numerical water quality modeling techniques to arrive at changes in discharge loading quantities of selected parameters that may result from the operation of the WPA system per its preliminary design.
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Date Issued
1999
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15638
Subject Headings
Water quality--Florida--Martin County--St Lucie Estuary
Format
Document (PDF)
Examining the Relationships Between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Drinking Water Quality: Identifying Inequities in Palm Beach County, Florida
Title
Examining the Relationships Between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Drinking Water Quality: Identifying Inequities in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Creator
Weisner, Meagan L., Root, Tara L., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Abstract/Description
Water treatment facilities across the United States are known for providing high-quality drinking water to their residents. However, differences in treatment methods, aging infrastructure, and outdated household plumbing may affect the quality of drinking water by the time it reaches the consumer’s tap. Palm Beach County, Florida, is an area with large socioeconomic contrasts where some families live in dilapidated structures and others reside in luxurious, gated communities. This research...
Show moreWater treatment facilities across the United States are known for providing high-quality drinking water to their residents. However, differences in treatment methods, aging infrastructure, and outdated household plumbing may affect the quality of drinking water by the time it reaches the consumer’s tap. Palm Beach County, Florida, is an area with large socioeconomic contrasts where some families live in dilapidated structures and others reside in luxurious, gated communities. This research highlights the variation of household water quality by determining metal concentrations in tap water samples in communities of different socioeconomic status. In addition, interviews were conducted with personnel from five different Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) in the study area to understand the relationship between customers and their water utility. Results indicate that effective communication strategies are needed to boost public trust and fill critical information gaps about the water treatment process. Ninety-six tap water samples were collected from households throughout eastern Palm Beach County and analyzed for different metals using Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry. Surveys were also administered at the same households where tap water samples were collected. Residents were asked about their perceptions of tap water and social and economic questions regarding their household characteristics. A Socioeconomic Status (SES) index was created using Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to understand how perceptions of tap water quality and concentrations of metals in household tap water vary based on SES. Results provide evidence that those living in the lowest-ranking SES neighborhoods are the least satisfied with their tap water quality and consume less tap water than those living in higher SES neighborhoods. Water quality results highlighted large variations in concentrations of aluminum (Al) and thus, analyses focused specifically on how Al concentrations varied according to SES. Results from Ordinary Least Squares regression show that as socioeconomic status decreases, the concentration of Al in tap water increases. Six samples exceed the State of Florida’s Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level (SMCL) for Al, and five of those samples were found in the lowest-ranking SES neighborhoods (SES 1 and 2). The results of this research provide evidence that inequities in household water quality exist across eastern Palm Beach County, Florida.
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Date Issued
2019
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013278
Subject Headings
Drinking water--Quality--Florida, Palm Beach County (Fla.), Socioeconomic status, Inequality
Format
Document (PDF)
Distribution and migration of pesticide residues in mosquito control impoundments St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
Title
Distribution and migration of pesticide residues in mosquito control impoundments St. Lucie County, Florida, USA.
Creator
Parkinson, R. W., Wang, Tsen C., White, J. R., David, J. R., Hoffman, M. E., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1993
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3318877
Subject Headings
Mosquitoes --Control --Florida, Pesticides --Environmental aspects --Florida, Water quality --Florida --Saint Lucie County, Water quality management --Florida
Format
Document (PDF)
Indian River study annual report 1973-1974 volume 2
Title
Indian River study annual report 1973-1974 volume 2.
Creator
Fehlmann, H. Adair, Young, David K., Avent, Robert M., Briel, Lawrence I., Eiseman, N. J., Gore, R. H., Jones, Robert S., Kerr, George A., Seibert, Harry H., vonZweck, Ortwin, Wilcox, J. Ross, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Link Foundation, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Date Issued
1973-1974
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3357415
Subject Headings
Indian River (Fla:Lagoon), Estuaries--Florida--Indian River (Lagoon), Estuarine ecology--Florida, Water quality--Florida
Format
Document (PDF)
Indian River study annual report 1974-1975 volume 1
Title
Indian River study annual report 1974-1975 volume 1.
Creator
Young, David K., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Link Foundation, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Date Issued
1974-1975
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3357416
Subject Headings
Indian River (Fla:Lagoon), Estuaries--Florida--Indian River (Lagoon), Estuarine ecology--Florida, Water quality--Florida
Format
Document (PDF)
Indian River study annual report 1975-1976 volume 2
Title
Indian River study annual report 1975-1976 volume 2.
Creator
Kerr, George A., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Link Foundation, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Date Issued
1975-1976
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3357422
Subject Headings
Indian River (Fla:Lagoon), Estuaries--Florida--Indian River (Lagoon), Estuarine ecology--Florida, Water quality--Florida
Format
Document (PDF)
Indian River study annual report 1974-1975 volume 2
Title
Indian River study annual report 1974-1975 volume 2.
Creator
Kerr, George A., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Link Foundation, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Date Issued
1974-1975
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3357418
Subject Headings
Indian River (Fla:Lagoon), Estuaries--Florida--Indian River (Lagoon), Estuarine ecology--Florida, Water quality--Florida
Format
Document (PDF)
Indian River study annual report 1973-1974 volume 1
Title
Indian River study annual report 1973-1974 volume 1.
Creator
Fehlmann, H. Adair, Young, David K., Avent, Robert M., Briel, Lawrence I., Eiseman, N. J., Gore, R. H., Jones, Robert S., Kerr, George A., Seibert, Harry H., vonZweck, Ortwin, Wilcox, J. Ross, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Link Foundation, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Date Issued
1973/1974
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3357412
Subject Headings
Indian River (Fla:Lagoon), Estuaries--Florida--Indian River (Lagoon), Estuarine ecology--Florida, Water quality--Florida
Format
Document (PDF)
Indian River study annual report 1975-1976 volume 1
Title
Indian River study annual report 1975-1976 volume 1.
Creator
Young, David K., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Link Foundation, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Date Issued
1975-1976
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3357421
Subject Headings
Indian River (Fla:Lagoon), Estuaries--Florida--Indian River (Lagoon), Estuarine ecology--Florida, Water quality--Florida
Format
Document (PDF)
Investigation of flow patterns using geochemical tracers in the Floridan aquifer system, Naples, Florida
Title
Investigation of flow patterns using geochemical tracers in the Floridan aquifer system, Naples, Florida.
Creator
Rectenwald, E. Edward., Florida Atlantic University, Warburton, David L.
Abstract/Description
This study investigated flow patterns in the FAS and tested Kohout's theory of "cyclic flow" in the vicinity of Naples, Florida. Temperature logs were analyzed to identify a reverse geothermal gradient in the Floridan aquifer system. The geochemical analysis consisted of inorganics (major cations and anions), stable isotopes (2H, 18O), radiocarbon (14C), and noble gas (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe) data. The temperature logs were inconclusive in identifying a reverse geothermal gradient in the study...
Show moreThis study investigated flow patterns in the FAS and tested Kohout's theory of "cyclic flow" in the vicinity of Naples, Florida. Temperature logs were analyzed to identify a reverse geothermal gradient in the Floridan aquifer system. The geochemical analysis consisted of inorganics (major cations and anions), stable isotopes (2H, 18O), radiocarbon (14C), and noble gas (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe) data. The temperature logs were inconclusive in identifying a reverse geothermal gradient in the study area. The geochemical analysis suggests that within the FAS relatively old meteoric freshwater circulates in the UFA over relatively young seawater of the MCU and LFA. The analysis also supports the possibility of vertical flow from the LFA to the UFA in the study area along with ancient meteoric recharge into the UFA during the last glacial period. The study was inconclusive in identifying "cyclic flow" in the study area.
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Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13356
Subject Headings
South Florida Water Management District (Fla ), Water quality--Florida--Naples--Measurement, Hydrogeology--Florida--Naples, Geomorphological tracers--Utilization, Groundwater flow--Florida--Naples
Format
Document (PDF)