Aquifer Storage & Recovery: the

management, the myth and the mayhem

Joseph May, PG

UIC Program ManagerFDEP – Southeast District

Why most of us are here tonight

— photo by Joe May

Contracts

Construction

Drilling

Cementing

Logging

Why the rest of us are here tonight

— photo by Joe May Drought protection, fire protection and salinity barrier arrays

Potable water storage as well as reclaimed and surface waters

What all of us fear

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Arsenic – putting the As into AsR Does this need to be explained – it is everywhere

FDEP – The Policy Keep it on your property and < 10 µg/L at the edges

USEPA – The Ambiguity How important the — ; — can be

Who is overseeing all of this, anyway ???

ASR Regulatory Committee

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How to break out of all of this – some thoughts

A fast cool car!

A really great drought

CERPRA vs. 40CFR

Utilities and municipalities

Loss of surficial aquifer systems

Really expensive water

You want a what? An aquifer exemption?

A really great drought

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For the simple questions For the harder questionsJoseph May, PG Joseph Haberfeld, PG

UIC / FDEP Southeast District UIC / FDEP

Joseph.May@dep.state.fl.us Joe.Haberfeld@dep.state.fl.us

561-681-6691 850-245-8655

561-681-6745 (Vanessa Osborne)

Thanks !!! More questions or comments?

— photo by Joe May