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Everglades Hydrology and Water Quality Data

Entry ID: USGS_SOFIA_ever_hydro_wq_data

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Summary

Abstract: At present there are few reliable estimates of hydrologic fluxes between groundwater and surface water in the Everglades. This gap in hydrological investigations not only leaves the water budget of the Everglades uncertain, it also hampers progress in understanding the processes that determine mobility and transformation of contaminants, such as mercury, sulfate and nutrients. The objective of ... this project is to quantify hydrologic exchange fluxes between groundwater and surface water and its effects on transport of contaminants in the Everglades. The research furthermore relates surface water and ground water interactions to past, present, and proposed management of surface-water levels and flows in the Everglades. The principal research sites are the Everglades Nutrient Removal Project (ENR), Water Conservation Area 2A (WCA-2A), and the freshwater wetlands of Everglades National Park. Results are being used to quantify ground-water exchange with surface flow, and to quantify the enhancement of chemical transformations of contaminants during transport across the interface between surface water and ground water. Two hydrology and water quality datasets are available for this project. The Northern Everglades Research Site and Sample Information dataset contains a summary of the site locations, data types, and measurement periods in ENR, WCA2A, and WCA2B. The Seepage Meters Site and Sample Information dataset contains vertical fluxes across wetland peat surface measured by seepage meters at research sites in ENR, WCA2A, WCA2B, and WCA3A. Additional data can be found in the appendices of the Open-File Reports 00-168 and 00-483.

For restoration of the Everglades to succeed there must be comprehensive knowledge about physical, chemical, and biological processes throughout the system. A key measure of success in the Everglades is the improvement or protection of water quality under changing hydrologic conditions. Although there is a basic understanding of how interactions between groundwater and surface water will affect water budgets under restoration, there is only a rudimentary understanding of how interactions between groundwater and surface water will affect water quality. Only field-oriented research and modeling can determine whether interactions between groundwater and surface water are currently storing pollutants in groundwater, how long those pollutants are likely to be stored in the aquifer, and under what changing management conditions associated with restoration will those pollutants be returned into the surface water system.

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Spatial coordinates

N: 26.7

S: 25.9

E: -80.33

W: -80.67

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Judson Harvey

Dataset Title: Everglades Hydrology and Water Quality Data

Dataset Release Date: 2005

Data Presentation Form: spreadsheets

Online Resource: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/harvey/harveyDATA.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-06-01

Stop Date: 1998-12-21

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER > AQUIFERS

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Project

USGS_SOFIA > South Florida Information Access

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

Broward County

Miami-Dade County

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

SOUTH FLORIDA INFORMATION ACCESS, FLORIDA INTEGRATED SCIENCE CENTER, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Data Center URL: http://sofia.usgs.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: HEATHER S. HENKEL Phone: 727.803.8747 ext. 3028 Fax: 727.803.2032 Email: hhenkel at usgs.gov Contact Address: USGS-FISC-St. Petersburg 600 Fourth St. South City: St. Petersburg Province or State: FL Postal Code: 33701 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Size: 0.4

Distribution Format: MS Excel

Fees: None

Personnel

JUDSON HARVEY

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 703-648-5876

Fax: 703-648-5484

Email: jwharvey at usgs.gov

Contact Address:

U.S. Geological Survey

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive

MS 430

City: Reston

Province or State: VA

Postal Code: 20192

Country: USA

ALICIA ALEMAN

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Email: alicia.m.aleman at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

Goddard Space Flight Center

Code 610.2

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Bates, A. L., Orem, W. H.; Harvey, J.. W.; Spiker, E. C., 2001, Geochemistry of Sulfur in the Florida Everglades: 1994 through 1999, USGS Open-File Report, 01-007, Tallahassee, FL, U.S. Geological Survey.
http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/01-007/

Bates, Anne L, Orem, William H.; Harvey. Judson W.; Spiker, Elliot C., 2002, Tracing sources of sulfur in the Florida Everglades, ...

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-05-25

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-06-02

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