Scope and field context
Project scope and field context
ATI Companies supplied its geotechnical drilling skills to CMD Corporation for the LOER project, a study of the feasibility of installation and use of deep injection wells. Restoration of lost water storage capacity both upstream and downstream of Lake Okeechobee is critical for preservation of the lake, its estuaries, and the greater Everglades ecosystem. Deep injection wells are thought to be a useful mechanism to provide water storage during dry periods. To assess this potential, ATI advanced a series of Soil Penetration Tests borings to help characterize subsurface hydrogeologic conditions for the project. Information obtained was integrated into a conceptual model that delineates likely CERP aquifer storage and recovery zones and confining units in the context of sequence stratigraphy. Carbonate sequence stratigraphy correlation strategies appear to reduce risk of miscorrelation of key ground-water flow units and confining units.