Data Pertaining to Mapping the Approximate Inland Extent of Saltwater at the Base of the Biscayne Aquifer in the Model Land Area of Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2016
Scientific data associated with USGS SIM 2017-3380
Dates
Publication Date
2017-05-15
Start Date
2007-11-12
End Date
2016-07-19
Citation
Prinos, S.T., 2017, Data Pertaining to Mapping the Approximate Inland Extent of Saltwater at the Base of the Biscayne Aquifer in the Model Land Area of Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7R78CF8.
Summary
Data pertaining to mapping the approximate inland extent of saltwater at the base of the Biscayne Aquifer in the Model Land Area of Miami-Dade County, Florida in 2016. The inland extent of saltwater at the base of the Biscayne aquifer in the Model Land area of Miami-Dade County, Florida, was last mapped in 2011. Since that time, the saltwater interface has continued to move inland. The interface is near several active well fields; therefore, an updated approximation of the inland extent of saltwater and an improved understanding of the rate of movement of the saltwater interface are necessary. A geographic information system was used to create a map using the data collected by the organizations that monitor water salinity in this area. [...]
Summary
Data pertaining to mapping the approximate inland extent of saltwater at the base of the Biscayne Aquifer in the Model Land Area of Miami-Dade County, Florida in 2016. The inland extent of saltwater at the base of the Biscayne aquifer in the Model Land area of Miami-Dade County, Florida, was last mapped in 2011. Since that time, the saltwater interface has continued to move inland. The interface is near several active well fields; therefore, an updated approximation of the inland extent of saltwater and an improved understanding of the rate of movement of the saltwater interface are necessary. A geographic information system was used to create a map using the data collected by the organizations that monitor water salinity in this area. A rate of saltwater interface movement of 140 meters per year was estimated by dividing the distance between two monitoring wells (TPGW-7L and Sec34-MW-02-FS) by the travel time. The travel time was determined by estimating the dates of arrival of the saltwater interface at the wells and computing the difference. This estimate assumes that the interface is traveling east to west between the two monitoring wells. Although monitoring is spatially limited in this area and some of the wells are not ideally designed for salinity monitoring, the monitoring network in this area is improving in quality and spatial distribution. The approximation of the inland extent of the saltwater interface and the estimated rate of movement of the interface are dependent on existing data. Improved estimations could be obtained by installing uniformly-designed monitoring wells in systematic transects extending landward of the advancing saltwater interface. This release of data includes the chloride concentration and specific conductance of water samples, and the water conductance profiles provided by other organizations that were used for this mapping effort and to determine the rate of movement of the saltwater interface. Also included are GIS files of the 1,000 mg/L islochlor and well information.
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Prinos, S.T., 2017, Map of the approximate inland extent of saltwater at the base of the Biscayne aquifer, in the Model Land Area of Miami-Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2017-3380, https://doi.org/10.3133/SIM3380.
Data were used to map the 1,000 mg/L isochlor in the Model Land area of Miami-Dade County, and to determine the rate of movement of the saltwater interface. The 1,000 mg/L isochlor is portrayed in the GIS files
