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F.W. Meyer

Publications and source records attributed to F.W. Meyer.

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USGS1988

Summary of well construction, testing, and preliminary findings from the Alligator Alley test well, Broward County, Florida

A 2,811-foot deep test well was drilled during 1980 in The Everglades along Alligator Alley as part of the Floridan Regional Aquifer Systems Analysis project. The well was cased 895 feet deep. Hydraulic packers were used to isolate selected zones in the open hole for water samples and measurement of water levels. The well penetrated the surficial and intermediate aquifers into the Floridan aquifer system. The top of the Floridan aquifer system occurs at 770 feet and includes limestone ranging in age from Oligocene to early Eocene. About 67 percent of the total thickness of the Floridan aquifer system was penetrated by the well. The chief water-producing zones in the Floridan aquifer system occur at about 1,030 feet and at about 2,560 feet. The 1,030-foot zone contains brackish artesian groundwater, and the 2,560-foot zone contains salty artesian groundwater similar in composition to seawater. The static water geothermal gradient is indicated, and radiocarbon activities suggest that the saltwater in the lower zone is younger than brackish groundwater in the upper zone. (USGS)

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USGS1982

Data on selected deep wells in south Florida

A data base of 870 deep wells was assembled for the south Florida part of the Southeastern Limestone Regional Aquifer Study. The data in this report are for wells in Broward, Collier , Dade, Hendry, Lee, Martin, Monroe, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie Counties. Data are compiled for water wells, oil test wells, injection wells, and monitor wells. These data consist of: (1) well identification and geographic location; (2) well construction and site use; (3) logs available (geologic and geophysical); and (4) selected water-quality parameters. The well locations are shown, by counties, on maps. The number of wells in each county are: Broward, 6; Collier, 237; Dade, 61; Hendry, 130; Lee, 226; Martin, 91; Monroe, 34; Palm Beach, 33; and St. Lucie, 52. Data are stored in the National Water Data Storage and Retrieval system (WATSTORE) in the following files: header, water-quality, and ground-water site inventory (GWSI). (USGS)

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USGS1973

Reconnaissance of the water resources in the vicinity of proposed deep-well injection sites in southeast Dade County, Florida

Deep-well injection has been selected by the Dade County Water and Sewer Authority as a means of disposing treated waste water in southeast Dade County. Preliminary plans call for the construction of a county-owned sanitary sewage treatment plant and several 3,000-foot deep injection wells at 1,000-foot intervals on Levee 31E. As a first stage, drilling of seven wells, capable of accepting, in the aggregate, 30 mgd (million gallons per day) of treated liquid waste, is planned. The locations of the proposed sites (fig. 1) were selected by the consultants for the Authority. A reconnaissance was made in the vicinity of the proposed well sites to determine the chloride content of surface and ground water because this information is needed to formulate plans for the safe disposal of salt water during drilling and testing of the injection wells. The reconnaissance was part of a cooperative program with the Dade County Water and Sewer Authority to investigate the hydrologic effects of injecting treated waste water into a deep-saline aquifer. The area of investigation is near Cutler Ridge in southeast Dade County. It occupies about 51/2 square miles bounded on the east by S.W. 77th Avenue extended, on the west by S.W. 97th Avenue, on the south by Coconut Palm Drive, and on the north by Old Cutler Road (fig. 1). The area for the investigation was selected by the Authority and their consultants.

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