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TWCA 2014 Fall Conference 
The Current Status of ASR Technology: 
Firming Up Victoria’s Water Supply 
Jerry James, City of Victoria 
David Pyne, PE, ASR Systems, LLC 
Fred Blumberg, ARCADIS-US, Inc. 
October 16, 2014
2 
• Current status of ASR 
technology 
• TWDB-funded study for 
Victoria Area 
• Victoria’s: 
– ASR objectives 
– Sources of water supply 
– Hydrogeology 
– ASR modeling and basis for design 
– Costs and economics 
– Permitting and institutional factors 
– Conclusions and recommendations 
Discussion 
Outline
Storing water deep underground in ASR wells… 
…is a proven and cost-effective technology
ASR Development in the U.S. has been 
rapid during the past twenty years 
• At least 544 ASR 
wells and 133 
wellfields in operation 
• 27 different types of 
ASR applications 
• Many different types 
of water sources for 
aquifer recharge 
• Storage in many 
different types of 
aquifers and 
lithologic settings 
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Number of ASR Wells 
ASR Wellfields 
ASR Historical Development 
ASR 
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Number of 
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Approximately 133 Operational ASR Wellfields in 
Completed by others 
the United States (2013) 
David Pyne project direction 
and/or involvement 
Over 544 ASR wells
Global implementation of ASR since 1985 to 
achieve water supply sustainability and reliability 
• United States 
• Australia 
• India 
• Israel 
• Canada 
• England 
• Netherlands 
• South Africa 
• Namibia 
• United Arab Emirates 
Adelaide, Australia ASR Well 
• And others in development (Kuwait, Taiwan, Indonesia, 
Qatar, Serbia, China)
Several factors have contributed to ASR 
global implementation 
• Economics 
• Typically less than half the capital cost 
of alternative water supply sources 
• Phased implementation 
• Marginal cost pricing 
• Proven Success 
• About 133 wellfields in 22 states with 
over 544 operating, fully permitted ASR 
wells 
• Environmental and Water Quality 
Benefits 
• Maintain minimum flows 
• Small storage footprint compared to 
surface reservoirs 
• Adaptability to Different Situations 
• Fresh, brackish or saline storage 
aquifers 
• Drinking water, reclaimed water, 
stormwater or groundwater storage 
• Over 27 different applications 
Mt Pleasant, SC – Well ASR-2
A broad range of water sources and storage 
zones is utilized for ASR 
• Water sources for ASR storage 
• Drinking water 
• Reclaimed water (AZ, TX, FL, NJ, 
CA) 
• Seasonally-available stormwater 
• Groundwater from overlying, 
underlying or nearby aquifers 
• Storage zones 
• Fresh, brackish and saline 
aquifers 
• Confined, semi-confined and 
unconfined aquifers 
• Sand, clayey sand, gravel, 
sandstone, limestone, dolomite, 
basalt, conglomerates, glacial 
deposits 
• Vertical “stacking” of storage 
zones 
Chandler, AZ 
Tumbleweed ASR Wellfield 
Storing Reclaimed Water for 
Aquifer Recharge
ABOUT 25% OF ALL ASR WELLFIELDS IN THE USA ARE IN BRACKISH, 
KARST LIMESTONE AQUIFERS, SIMILAR TO THE CONFINED PORTIONS 
OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER IN TEXAS 
Orange County, Florida 
Well ASR-1 at the Eastern Water 
Reclamation Facility 
Capacity: 3.5 MGD 
Other Florida ASR Wellfields in 
Brackish Limestone Aquifers: 
• Boynton Beach 
• Bradenton 
• Cocoa 
• Collier County 
• Deland 
• Englewood 
• Destin 
• Manatee County 
• Marco Lakes 
• Miami-Dade WASD 
• Sarasota 
• Palm Bay 
• Palmetto 
• Palm Beach County 
• Peace River/Manasota RWSA 
• Seminole County 
• St Petersburg 
• Tampa 
• West Palm Beach
Several other brackish limestone aquifer 
ASR wellfields are in South Carolina 
MT PLEASANT, SC 
WELL ASR-2
Some more ASR wells in brackish, karst 
limestone aquifers in South Carolina 
Kiawah Island Utility, SC 
Well ASR-2 
Beaufort Jasper Water & Sewer Authority, SC 
1 of 3 ASR Wells
Hilton Head Public Service District, SC 
Well ASR-1 
Well ASR-1
Hilton Head PSD Stress Test Results: 
ASR goals achieved and exceeded 
Cumulative Volume Stored (MG) 
Chloride at ASR Well (mg/l) 
Chloride at MFA Monitor Well (mg/l) 
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Chlorides (mg/l) 
Date 
Volume Stored (MG) 
HHPSD ASR-1 Well Performance 
250 MG Recovered 
Chloride < 170 mg/l
South Island Public Service District 
Hilton Head Island, SC 
BRACKISH 
AQUIFERS CAN 
PROVIDE 
EXCELLENT 
OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR STORAGE OF 
FRESH WATER 
DEEP 
UNDERGROUND
A combination of ASR wells and surface reservoirs is 
very beneficial for providing water storage. 
• Surface reservoirs capture 
water quickly, but… 
• are expensive 
• often have evapotranspiration and 
seepage losses 
• garner environmental opposition 
• Where feasible, ASR wells can 
often store much larger 
volumes of water 
• occupy little land 
• can be built in increments 
• have few or no losses, but can only 
recharge and recover water slowly 
Reservoir 
Dam 
Clay 
Limestone 
Bedrock 
River 
River 
ASR Wells ASR Wells
Where feasible, we should consider operating reservoirs at lower levels to 
capture peak flows and transfer them to ASR storage, recovering the water 
when needed. 
Reservoir 
Dam 
Clay 
Limestone 
Bedrock 
River 
River 
ASR Wells ASR Wells 
Aquifer
Target Storage Volume (TSV) is sum of stored water volume plus buffer zone 
volume. It is often expressed in MG/MGD of recovery capacity, or “days” 
ASR Well 
Native 
Stored Water 
Groundwater 
Quality Buffer 
Zone 
Target Storage 
Volume 
proximal zone
Forming and Maintaining the Buffer Zone 
is one of the keys to ASR Success 
• Once the buffer zone has been formed, subsequent 
recovery efficiency should be close to 100%. This is a “one 
time” addition of water to the well. 
• Once formed, the buffer zone should not be recovered 
since it risks causing a substantial deterioration in 
recovered water quality. 
• The buffer zone is best formed upfront, prior to cycle 
testing, as the last step in ASR well construction. The cost 
of the water may be capitalized. It can also be formed over 
the course of several ASR cycles, during each of which up 
to the same volume stored is recovered. This approach is 
more time-consuming and expensive.
In addition to water storage, treatment occurs in 
an aquifer due to natural processes. 
ASR Bubble (Top View) 
ASR Well 
Native 
Groundwater 
Target 
Storage 
Volume 
Stored Water 
Treatment Zone, or 
“Zone of Discharge,” or 
“Compliance Zone” 
• NO3,NH3,P 
• THMs 
• HAAs 
• H2S 
• Fe, Mn, As 
• Ra 
• Gross Alpha 
Rad. 
• Bacteria 
• Protozoa 
Buffer Zone • Viruses
ASR Operating Ranges 
• Well depths 
• 30 to 2900 feet 
• Storage interval thickness 
• 20 to 400 feet 
• Storage zone Total Dissolved 
Solids 
• 30 mg/L to 39,000 mg/L 
• Storage Volumes 
• 100 AF to 270,000 AF 
• (30 MG to 80 BG) 
• Bubble radius less than 1000 ft 
• Individual wells up to 8 MGD 
capacity 
• Wellfield capacity up to 157 MGD 
Calleguas MWD, California 
ASR Well
Capital Cost Comparisons 
Source/Storage Option Typical $/GPD Capacity 
Conventional Supply 0.50 – 5.00 
ASR 0.50 - 2.00 
Brackish Desalination 2.00 – 5.00 
Seawater Desalination 7.00 – 12.00 
Surface Reservoirs 3.00 – 30.00 
Indirect Potable Reuse 7.00 – 25.00 
ASR is complementary to other sources, increasing total yield 
and reliability. With adequate ASR capacity, 100% reliability can 
be achieved at reasonable capital cost.
Potential ASR Objectives (1/2) 
• Seasonal storage 
• Long-term storage (“water banking”) 
• Emergency storage (“strategic water reserve”) 
• Diurnal storage 
• Disinfection byproduct reduction 
• Restore groundwater levels 
• Control subsidence 
• Maintain distribution system pressures 
• Maintain distribution system flow 
• Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) 
Centennial Water & 
Sanitation District, 
Highlands Ranch, Colorado 
26 ASR Wells in Vaults 
Select and Prioritize One or More Pertinent 
ASR Applications for each ASR wellfield:
Potential ASR Objectives (2/2) 
• Reduce environmental effects of 
streamflow diversions 
• Agricultural water supply 
• Nutrient reduction in agricultural runoff 
• Enhance wellfield production 
• Defer expansion of water facilities 
• Reclaimed water storage for reuse 
• Stabilize aggressive water 
• Hydraulic control of contaminant 
plumes 
• Maintenance or restoration of aquatic 
ecosystems 
Manatee County, Florida 
ASR Well, 1983 
ACEC Grand Award, 1984
Long-term storage, or 
Water Banking for the “Drought of Record” 
• Achieve 100% Water Supply 
Reliability 
• How to estimate the Target 
Storage Volume (TSV) 
• “Will the stored water still be 
there when we need it?” 
• Lateral velocity of groundwater 
in the storage aquifer(s)? 
• Proximity of other groundwater 
users? 
• Measures available to protect 
availability of the stored water 
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3763 
5017 
6271 
7525 
8779 
10033 
11287 
12541 
13795 
15049 
16303 
17557 
18811 
20065 
21319 
22573 
23827 
25081 
ASR STORAGE VOLUME (AF) 
TIME (DAYS)
Even during the Drought of Record 
there were many high flow events 
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10,000 
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10 
1 
Flow CFS 
Guadalupe River Stream Flows 
Date 
Text->Num 
DROUGHT OF RECORD
Seasonal Storage 
• May be an important 
benefit of ASR, in addition 
to providing storage for the 
Drought of Record. 
• Annual benefit, not just 
once in a lifetime. 
• Facilitates more efficient 
use of existing 
infrastructure, meeting 
peaks from ASR instead of 
from water treatment plants 
and transmission pipelines. 
Orangeburg, 
South 
Carolina 
Total 
6.5 MGD 
Two ASR wells in two different 
aquifers within a single wellhouse
Store water in winter months and 
recover in summer months 
WATER DEMAND 
MONTH
Strategic Storage for Emergencies 
• Water systems dependent 
upon a single source 
and/or a long transmission 
pipeline 
• Accidental loss, 
contamination, warfare, 
terrorism, natural disaster 
• Build one or more 
strategic water reserves 
deep underground 
Des Moines Water Works, Iowa – 100 MGD WTP 
Before and After 1993 Flood
Disinfection Byproduct Reduction 
• Elimination of 
Haloacetic Acids and 
their formation potential 
in a few days due to 
aerobic subsurface 
microbial activity 
• Reduction of 
Trihalomethanes and 
reduction of their 
formation potential in a 
few weeks due to 
anaerobic subsurface 
microbial activity 
100 
90 
80 
70 
60 
50 
40 
30 
20 
10 
0 
BG RC1 RC2 RC3 9 16 23 30 49 56 
TTHM 
HAA 
Disinfection Byproduct Reduction: 
DisCinefenctetinonni aBl yWprSoDdu, cDt eAntvteenr,u CatOion – 
Centennial WSD, Highlands Ranch, CO
Maintain pressures, flows and water quality 
in a distribution system 
• Keep the water moving 
• Locate ASR wells in 
seasonal low pressure 
areas such as at the top of 
a hill, the end of a long 
transmission pipeline, or a 
summer beach resort. 
• Avoid the need for 
flushing pipelines to waste 
to maintain water quality 
in distant portions of a 
water distribution system 
Murray Avenue ASR Well 
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Improve Water Quality 
• Arsenic 
• Fluoride 
• Salinity 
• THM and HAA 
• Fe and Mn 
• H2S 
• N & P 
• TOC (carbon 
sequestration) 
• Microbiota 
• pH stabilization 
• Temperature 
Tampa Cycle 5 
Arsenic vs Cumulative Storage Volume 
y = -0.139x + 23.042 
R2 = 0.7502 
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50 
40 
30 
20 
10 
0 
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Cumulative Storage Volume (MG) 
Arsenic (ug/l) 
ASR-1 ASR-2 ASR-3 
ASR-4 ASR-5 ASR-6 
ASR-7 ASR-8 Linear (ASR-1) 
Arsenic Decreases as the Cumulative 
Storage Volume Increases
Defer expansion of water facilities 
• Operate treatment facilities to 
meet slightly more than 
average demands, providing 
for maintenance periods and 
times of inadequate supply 
• Meet maximum day demands 
from ASR wells; peak hour 
demands from elevated and 
ground storage tanks 
• Reduce capital costs by 
typically more than 50% 
Kerrville, Texas 
Well ASR-1
Several Other Potential ASR Objectives: 
Restore Groundwater Levels 
• Applicable for areas where 
regional reduction in water 
levels has occurred due to 
pumping significantly 
exceeding natural recharge 
for many years 
• Aquifer recharge also helps 
to control subsidence 
-100 ft 
(- 30 m) 
Las Vegas, Nevada – Feet change in potentiometric 
surface of principal aquifer, 1990 to 2005
Restore Groundwater Levels: 
Las Vegas Valley Water District ASR Well 33 
ASR Wellfield Recovery Capacity – 157 MGD from about 100 wells 
Largest ASR wellfield in the world
Augmentation of Low Flows and 
Maintenance of Lake Levels 
• Divert water during high flows 
and store underground 
• Reduce or eliminate 
diversions during low flows 
• Utilize a portion of the stored 
water for flow augmentation 
and the remainder to help 
meet other water needs 
during dry periods. 
• Significant environmental 
benefits 
Manatee County, Florida ─ 
ASR Well, 1983 
ACEC Grand Award, 1984
Agricultural Water Supply: Bank Filtration, Soil 
Aquifer Treatment and ASR 
• Tailor ASR technology 
and science to meet 
agricultural needs, 
constraints and 
opportunities 
• Bank filtration and soil 
aquifer pretreatment 
prior to ASR storage 
• Major activity in 
Oregon 
Surface water is filtered through shallow 
sands to a horizontal well or underdrain and 
is then pumped to ASR storage
Reclaimed Water Storage for Reuse 
• Steady, reliable supply of 
reclaimed water 
• Variable demand for 
irrigation water 
• Seasonal opportunity for 
storing and recovering 
reclaimed water to meet 
peak irrigation demands 
• Aquifer recharge of 
reclaimed water to achieve 
sustainable water supplies or 
to build a salinity intrusion 
barrier, or both 
Englewood Water District, Florida 
Reclaimed Water ASR Well 
City of Chandler, Arizona 
Tumbleweed Reclaimed ASR Well
Other ASR Possible Objectives 
• Thermal storage 
• Diurnal storage 
• Hydraulic control of 
contaminant plumes 
• Reduce nutrients in 
agricultural runoff 
• Enhance wellfield 
production 
• Stabilize aggressive 
water 
• Maintain or restore 
aquatic ecosystems 
West Palm Beach, Florida 
ASR Well – 8 MGD Capacity 
Largest ASR Well in the World
What are the more significant 
challenges to ASR implementation? 
• Legal, regulatory and policy 
framework (“Governance”) that, in 
some areas, is not well-matched to 
the scientific and technical realities 
and opportunities. 
• Water is power. The control of 
water is therefore the currency of 
personal, regional and national 
ambitions. 
• For some people and interests, 
ASR is too cost-effective. 
• General lack of awareness and 
understanding of the broad range 
of potential applications of ASR to 
meet end-user needs 
• Misinformation 
Marathon, Florida Keys, Florida 
First ASR well to successfully store 
drinking water in a seawater aquifer
10 Key Suggestions: 
Legal, regulatory and policy measures that would enhance 
ASR viability in Texas (1 of 2) 
1. Develop ASR Wellfield Protection Area (WPA) provisions that 
work for Texas 
2. Operate ASR wellfields by forming and maintaining the Target 
Storage Volume (TSV) 
3. Manage ASR wellfields so that cumulative volume recovered 
does not exceed cumulative volume stored. Do not manage 
according to annual volume stored and/or recovered. 
4. Clearly establish that storage of water underground through 
ASR wells, and recovery of the stored water for beneficial uses 
when needed, is a beneficial use of water, along with municipal, 
industrial and agricultural uses of water. 
5. Confirm that no amendment to existing water rights, surface 
water permits, or Certificates of Adjudication is required in order 
to initially develop, test and place into operation ASR projects so 
long as ASR operations do not cause annual quantities of water 
diverted pursuant to existing water rights to be exceeded, and 
are consistent with environmental flow requirements.
10 Key Suggestions: 
Legal, regulatory and policy measures that would enhance 
ASR viability in Texas (2 of 2) 
6. Confirm that monthly diversions of water for ASR storage, and recovery 
of water from ASR storage, are not restricted by historic patterns of 
water diversion during the year for each water right. 
7. Establish that water recovered from ASR wells is not subject to demand 
management and critical period management rules, and is also not 
subject to any production limits applicable to native groundwater. 
8. Evaluate compliance with water quality standards at appropriately-located 
monitor wells during ASR recharge and storage. Provide (time 
and distance) for natural processes underground to enhance water 
quality. 
9. Establish a single regulatory framework that is consistent statewide, or 
coordinated ASR regulation by multiple agencies. 
10. Avoid use of the term “injection” as applied to ASR wells. Instead use 
the term “recharge.” Semantics is everything.
ASR Book, Second Edition 
www.asrforum.com
Victoria Area ASR Feasibility Study 
• Partially funded by TWDB 
• Study Participants 
– City of Victoria 
– LNRA 
– Victoria County GCD 
– GBRA 
– Port of Victoria 
• NEI Study Team 
– ARCADIS-US 
– ASR Systems 
– INTERA
Victoria/Victoria County ASR Objectives 
• Seasonal storage to meet peak 
demands 
• Long-term storage to increase 
reliability during drought 
• Deferring expansion of WTP or 
construction of second WTP 
• Emergency storage for use during 
flood events 
• Disinfection byproduct reduction 
100 
90 
80 
70 
60 
50 
40 
30 
20 
10 
0 
BG RC1 RC2 RC3 9 16 23 30 49 56 
TTHM 
HAA
Sources of Supply 
COA/Permit Priority Date(s) 
(yr/mo/day) 
Maximum Diversion Rate Maximum Annual 
Use 
Special Condition(s) 
cfs MGD¹ AFY 
3844A 1918/08/06 9.80 6.37 608 Streamflow of Guadalupe @ Seguin > 9.8 
cfs² 
3858A 1951/06/27 4.40 2.86 1,000 
3860A 1951/08/15 8.91 5.79 260 Streamflow limits at Victoria vary by 
month 
3862A 1951/12/12 12.62 8.20 262.70 Monthly streamflow thresholds 
4117A 1984/04/02 1.67 1.08 200 Streamflow limits at Victoria vary by 
month 
5466B 1993/05/28 150.00 97.50 20,000 Streamflow limits at Victoria vary by 
month 
3606A 1978/07/10 13.40 8.71 4,676 P3895 in WAM 
Streamflow limits at Victoria vary by 
month 
Total ≈ 27,000 AFY
Hydrogeologic Evaluation 
• Focus: potential ASR sites 
• Gulf Coast Aquifer geology 
– Stratigraphy 
– Sand thickness 
• Aquifer hydraulic properties 
– Water levels 
– Transmissivity and hydraulic conductivity 
– Potential for migration 
• Existing production wells and pumping 
• Water quality 
– Fe, Mn, TDS, Arsenic 
– Injection wells 
46
Potential ASR Locations and Formations
Cross Section and Sand Thickness Example 
CSA-1 CSA-2 CSA-3 CSA-4 CSA-5 CSA-6 CSA-7 CSA-8 CSA-9 CSA-10 CSA-11 
Cross Section A 
CSA-1 - Log Name 
BB 
GSE 
LI 
WI 
UG 
LG
Water Wells in Study Area
Historic Pumping
Transmissivity and Hydraulic 
Conductivity
Injection Wells and TDS Values
Hydrogeologic Conclusions 
– Excellent data confidence 
• Victoria municipal wells 
• Other wells 
• Victoria County GCD 
– Area well suited for ASR 
– TDS concentrations below 1,000 mg/L 
– No evidence of potential contamination 
– Migration rate will vary with City well operations
Water Demand and ASR Model 
• Water Demand to Year 2040: 
– 8% increase per decade 
– Applied to historic demand 
patterns for both: 
• Dry Year: 2011 
• Average Year: 2008 
• ASR Model: 
– Daily water availability model using 
actual Victoria demand pattern 
– 7 options analyzed 
11/10/2014 54
ASR Model Results 
Description 
WTP 
Capacity 
(MGD) 
TSV 
(AF) 
Available 
for 
Recovery 
(AF) 
Buffer 
Zone 
(AF) 
Recharge 
Capacity 
(MGD) 
Recovery 
Capacity 
(MGD) 
2011 ( Dry Year) Baseline Water Demand 
A Baseline 25.2 166,060 83,030 83,030 18.3 24.9 
B Zero Initial ASR 
Volume 
25.2 Not 100% Reliable 
C Not DOR 25.2 53,900 26,950 26,950 18.3 24.9 
D 95% Reliability 25.2 166,060 83,030 83,030 18.3 24.9 
2008 (Normal Year) Baseline Water Demand 
E Baseline 25.2 9,250 4,625 4,625 19.2 21.0 
F Zero Initial ASR 
Volume 
25.2 Not 100% Reliable 
G WTP Expansion 32.0 7,300 3,650 3,650 26.0 19.6
Basis for Conceptual Design 
Phase/Description Location 
Bottom of Well 
(Ft) 
Recharge Rate 
(gpm) 
Recovery 
Rate 
(gpm) 
Phase 1: Feasibility Assessment 
Phase 2: Demonstration Well Program 
1 New ASR Well Victoria SWTP 1,000 850 1,750 
Retrofit 1 Well WTP No. 3 (Well 14) 1,017 800 1,400 
1 SZ Monitor Well Victoria SWTP 800 
2 Chico Monitor Wells SWTP/WTP No. 3 100 
Wireline Core Victoria SWTP 1,000 
Phase 3: ASR Wellfield Development 
9 New ASR Wells Victoria SWTP 1,000 850 1,750 
Retrofit 5 Wells WTP No. 3 (Well 15) 1,034 800 1,400 
WTP No. 3 (Well 16) 1,010 800 1,400 
WTP No. 3 (Well 17) 828 800 1,400 
WTP No. 3 (Well 18) 1,036 800 1,400 
WTP No. 3 (Well 19) 1,068 800 1,400
Potential ASR Wellfields 
11/10/2014 57
Victoria SWTP 
(25.2 MGD) 
11/10/2014 58
Victoria SWTP Area 
Victoria SWTP 
Riverside Park 
11/10/2014 59
WTP No. 3 Complex 
11/10/2014
Estimated ASR System Costs 
– Phase 2 Testing Program: $3.6 million (included 
below) 
– Total Capital Cost: $14.5 million 
– Total Project Cost: $21.1 million 
– Total Annual Cost: $ 1.5 million (debt service + O&M) 
– ASR Project Unit Cost: $56 per AFY ($0.17 /K gal) 
– Incremental cost of treatment/storage: $ 136 per 
AFY ($0.42/k gal) 
– Total Unit Cost: $192 per AFY ($0.59/K gal) 
11/10/2014 61
Permitting and Institutional Issues 
• Major Permitting Requirements 
– TCEQ: 
• Amend Victoria surface water permits 
• UIC Class V injection well permit 
– GCDs: 
• Drilling permits—for ASR and monitoring wells 
• Production permits 
• Institutional Issues 
– GCD rules must be amended to facilitate ASR 
– Key GCD issues are well spacing and ability to 
recover stored water up to 100% of TSV 11/10/2014 62
Team Conclusions 
63 
• Water supply can be firmed up with ASR using 
existing SWTP capacity 
• TSV must be built prior to DOR (1 to 11 years) 
• Area well suited for ASR storage 
• No evidence of potential contamination 
• Migration can be controlled by City operations 
• Basis for conceptual design based on ASR 
modeling: 
• Required TSV 
• Recharge and recovery rates 
• Required number of wells 
• Existing City infrastructure 
• Controlled by recharge capacity for all 
options
Client Conclusions 
64 
Working with partners : City able to look at regional 
concerns and possibility of leveraging water 
availability to address population growth, drought 
and economic expansion. 
Using existing infrastructure : ASR Project even 
more economically feasible than we thought it 
would be. 
Using existing water supplies: Able to firm up 
supplies while respecting need for adequate 
environmental flows. 
Outcome: Able to learn from and build on the 
success of other ASR projects in Texas.
Imagine the result 
Jerry James 
jjames @victoriatx.org 
(361) 485-3230 
Fred M. Blumberg 
fred.blumberg@arcadis-us.com 
(512) 584-4242 
R. David Pyne, PE 
dpyne@asrsystems.ws 
(352) 336-3820

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The current status of ASR Technology: Firming up Victoria's water supply

  • 1. TWCA 2014 Fall Conference The Current Status of ASR Technology: Firming Up Victoria’s Water Supply Jerry James, City of Victoria David Pyne, PE, ASR Systems, LLC Fred Blumberg, ARCADIS-US, Inc. October 16, 2014
  • 2. 2 • Current status of ASR technology • TWDB-funded study for Victoria Area • Victoria’s: – ASR objectives – Sources of water supply – Hydrogeology – ASR modeling and basis for design – Costs and economics – Permitting and institutional factors – Conclusions and recommendations Discussion Outline
  • 3. Storing water deep underground in ASR wells… …is a proven and cost-effective technology
  • 4. ASR Development in the U.S. has been rapid during the past twenty years • At least 544 ASR wells and 133 wellfields in operation • 27 different types of ASR applications • Many different types of water sources for aquifer recharge • Storage in many different types of aquifers and lithologic settings 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Number of ASR Wells ASR Wellfields ASR Historical Development ASR Wellfields Number of ASR Wells
  • 5. Approximately 133 Operational ASR Wellfields in Completed by others the United States (2013) David Pyne project direction and/or involvement Over 544 ASR wells
  • 6. Global implementation of ASR since 1985 to achieve water supply sustainability and reliability • United States • Australia • India • Israel • Canada • England • Netherlands • South Africa • Namibia • United Arab Emirates Adelaide, Australia ASR Well • And others in development (Kuwait, Taiwan, Indonesia, Qatar, Serbia, China)
  • 7. Several factors have contributed to ASR global implementation • Economics • Typically less than half the capital cost of alternative water supply sources • Phased implementation • Marginal cost pricing • Proven Success • About 133 wellfields in 22 states with over 544 operating, fully permitted ASR wells • Environmental and Water Quality Benefits • Maintain minimum flows • Small storage footprint compared to surface reservoirs • Adaptability to Different Situations • Fresh, brackish or saline storage aquifers • Drinking water, reclaimed water, stormwater or groundwater storage • Over 27 different applications Mt Pleasant, SC – Well ASR-2
  • 8. A broad range of water sources and storage zones is utilized for ASR • Water sources for ASR storage • Drinking water • Reclaimed water (AZ, TX, FL, NJ, CA) • Seasonally-available stormwater • Groundwater from overlying, underlying or nearby aquifers • Storage zones • Fresh, brackish and saline aquifers • Confined, semi-confined and unconfined aquifers • Sand, clayey sand, gravel, sandstone, limestone, dolomite, basalt, conglomerates, glacial deposits • Vertical “stacking” of storage zones Chandler, AZ Tumbleweed ASR Wellfield Storing Reclaimed Water for Aquifer Recharge
  • 9. ABOUT 25% OF ALL ASR WELLFIELDS IN THE USA ARE IN BRACKISH, KARST LIMESTONE AQUIFERS, SIMILAR TO THE CONFINED PORTIONS OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER IN TEXAS Orange County, Florida Well ASR-1 at the Eastern Water Reclamation Facility Capacity: 3.5 MGD Other Florida ASR Wellfields in Brackish Limestone Aquifers: • Boynton Beach • Bradenton • Cocoa • Collier County • Deland • Englewood • Destin • Manatee County • Marco Lakes • Miami-Dade WASD • Sarasota • Palm Bay • Palmetto • Palm Beach County • Peace River/Manasota RWSA • Seminole County • St Petersburg • Tampa • West Palm Beach
  • 10. Several other brackish limestone aquifer ASR wellfields are in South Carolina MT PLEASANT, SC WELL ASR-2
  • 11. Some more ASR wells in brackish, karst limestone aquifers in South Carolina Kiawah Island Utility, SC Well ASR-2 Beaufort Jasper Water & Sewer Authority, SC 1 of 3 ASR Wells
  • 12. Hilton Head Public Service District, SC Well ASR-1 Well ASR-1
  • 13. Hilton Head PSD Stress Test Results: ASR goals achieved and exceeded Cumulative Volume Stored (MG) Chloride at ASR Well (mg/l) Chloride at MFA Monitor Well (mg/l) 0.00 0 10 20 100.00 30 40 50 200.00 60 70 80 90 300.00 100 110 120 400.00 130 140 150 500.00 160 170 180 190 600.00 200 10/01/12 10/09/12 10/17/12 10/25/12 11/02/12 11/10/12 11/18/12 11/26/12 12/03/12 12/11/12 12/19/12 12/27/12 01/04/13 01/12/13 01/20/13 01/28/13 02/05/13 02/13/13 02/21/13 03/01/13 03/09/13 03/17/13 03/25/13 04/02/13 04/10/13 04/18/13 04/26/13 05/04/13 05/12/13 05/20/13 05/28/13 06/05/13 06/13/13 06/21/13 06/29/13 07/07/13 07/15/13 07/23/13 07/31/13 08/08/13 08/16/13 08/24/13 09/01/13 09/09/13 09/17/13 09/25/13 Chlorides (mg/l) Date Volume Stored (MG) HHPSD ASR-1 Well Performance 250 MG Recovered Chloride < 170 mg/l
  • 14. South Island Public Service District Hilton Head Island, SC BRACKISH AQUIFERS CAN PROVIDE EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STORAGE OF FRESH WATER DEEP UNDERGROUND
  • 15. A combination of ASR wells and surface reservoirs is very beneficial for providing water storage. • Surface reservoirs capture water quickly, but… • are expensive • often have evapotranspiration and seepage losses • garner environmental opposition • Where feasible, ASR wells can often store much larger volumes of water • occupy little land • can be built in increments • have few or no losses, but can only recharge and recover water slowly Reservoir Dam Clay Limestone Bedrock River River ASR Wells ASR Wells
  • 16. Where feasible, we should consider operating reservoirs at lower levels to capture peak flows and transfer them to ASR storage, recovering the water when needed. Reservoir Dam Clay Limestone Bedrock River River ASR Wells ASR Wells Aquifer
  • 17. Target Storage Volume (TSV) is sum of stored water volume plus buffer zone volume. It is often expressed in MG/MGD of recovery capacity, or “days” ASR Well Native Stored Water Groundwater Quality Buffer Zone Target Storage Volume proximal zone
  • 18. Forming and Maintaining the Buffer Zone is one of the keys to ASR Success • Once the buffer zone has been formed, subsequent recovery efficiency should be close to 100%. This is a “one time” addition of water to the well. • Once formed, the buffer zone should not be recovered since it risks causing a substantial deterioration in recovered water quality. • The buffer zone is best formed upfront, prior to cycle testing, as the last step in ASR well construction. The cost of the water may be capitalized. It can also be formed over the course of several ASR cycles, during each of which up to the same volume stored is recovered. This approach is more time-consuming and expensive.
  • 19. In addition to water storage, treatment occurs in an aquifer due to natural processes. ASR Bubble (Top View) ASR Well Native Groundwater Target Storage Volume Stored Water Treatment Zone, or “Zone of Discharge,” or “Compliance Zone” • NO3,NH3,P • THMs • HAAs • H2S • Fe, Mn, As • Ra • Gross Alpha Rad. • Bacteria • Protozoa Buffer Zone • Viruses
  • 20. ASR Operating Ranges • Well depths • 30 to 2900 feet • Storage interval thickness • 20 to 400 feet • Storage zone Total Dissolved Solids • 30 mg/L to 39,000 mg/L • Storage Volumes • 100 AF to 270,000 AF • (30 MG to 80 BG) • Bubble radius less than 1000 ft • Individual wells up to 8 MGD capacity • Wellfield capacity up to 157 MGD Calleguas MWD, California ASR Well
  • 21. Capital Cost Comparisons Source/Storage Option Typical $/GPD Capacity Conventional Supply 0.50 – 5.00 ASR 0.50 - 2.00 Brackish Desalination 2.00 – 5.00 Seawater Desalination 7.00 – 12.00 Surface Reservoirs 3.00 – 30.00 Indirect Potable Reuse 7.00 – 25.00 ASR is complementary to other sources, increasing total yield and reliability. With adequate ASR capacity, 100% reliability can be achieved at reasonable capital cost.
  • 22. Potential ASR Objectives (1/2) • Seasonal storage • Long-term storage (“water banking”) • Emergency storage (“strategic water reserve”) • Diurnal storage • Disinfection byproduct reduction • Restore groundwater levels • Control subsidence • Maintain distribution system pressures • Maintain distribution system flow • Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) Centennial Water & Sanitation District, Highlands Ranch, Colorado 26 ASR Wells in Vaults Select and Prioritize One or More Pertinent ASR Applications for each ASR wellfield:
  • 23. Potential ASR Objectives (2/2) • Reduce environmental effects of streamflow diversions • Agricultural water supply • Nutrient reduction in agricultural runoff • Enhance wellfield production • Defer expansion of water facilities • Reclaimed water storage for reuse • Stabilize aggressive water • Hydraulic control of contaminant plumes • Maintenance or restoration of aquatic ecosystems Manatee County, Florida ASR Well, 1983 ACEC Grand Award, 1984
  • 24. Long-term storage, or Water Banking for the “Drought of Record” • Achieve 100% Water Supply Reliability • How to estimate the Target Storage Volume (TSV) • “Will the stored water still be there when we need it?” • Lateral velocity of groundwater in the storage aquifer(s)? • Proximity of other groundwater users? • Measures available to protect availability of the stored water 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 1 1255 2509 3763 5017 6271 7525 8779 10033 11287 12541 13795 15049 16303 17557 18811 20065 21319 22573 23827 25081 ASR STORAGE VOLUME (AF) TIME (DAYS)
  • 25. Even during the Drought of Record there were many high flow events 100,000 10,000 1,000 100 10 1 Flow CFS Guadalupe River Stream Flows Date Text->Num DROUGHT OF RECORD
  • 26. Seasonal Storage • May be an important benefit of ASR, in addition to providing storage for the Drought of Record. • Annual benefit, not just once in a lifetime. • Facilitates more efficient use of existing infrastructure, meeting peaks from ASR instead of from water treatment plants and transmission pipelines. Orangeburg, South Carolina Total 6.5 MGD Two ASR wells in two different aquifers within a single wellhouse
  • 27. Store water in winter months and recover in summer months WATER DEMAND MONTH
  • 28. Strategic Storage for Emergencies • Water systems dependent upon a single source and/or a long transmission pipeline • Accidental loss, contamination, warfare, terrorism, natural disaster • Build one or more strategic water reserves deep underground Des Moines Water Works, Iowa – 100 MGD WTP Before and After 1993 Flood
  • 29. Disinfection Byproduct Reduction • Elimination of Haloacetic Acids and their formation potential in a few days due to aerobic subsurface microbial activity • Reduction of Trihalomethanes and reduction of their formation potential in a few weeks due to anaerobic subsurface microbial activity 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 BG RC1 RC2 RC3 9 16 23 30 49 56 TTHM HAA Disinfection Byproduct Reduction: DisCinefenctetinonni aBl yWprSoDdu, cDt eAntvteenr,u CatOion – Centennial WSD, Highlands Ranch, CO
  • 30. Maintain pressures, flows and water quality in a distribution system • Keep the water moving • Locate ASR wells in seasonal low pressure areas such as at the top of a hill, the end of a long transmission pipeline, or a summer beach resort. • Avoid the need for flushing pipelines to waste to maintain water quality in distant portions of a water distribution system Murray Avenue ASR Well Cherry Hill, New Jersey
  • 31. Improve Water Quality • Arsenic • Fluoride • Salinity • THM and HAA • Fe and Mn • H2S • N & P • TOC (carbon sequestration) • Microbiota • pH stabilization • Temperature Tampa Cycle 5 Arsenic vs Cumulative Storage Volume y = -0.139x + 23.042 R2 = 0.7502 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 -400 -300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 Cumulative Storage Volume (MG) Arsenic (ug/l) ASR-1 ASR-2 ASR-3 ASR-4 ASR-5 ASR-6 ASR-7 ASR-8 Linear (ASR-1) Arsenic Decreases as the Cumulative Storage Volume Increases
  • 32. Defer expansion of water facilities • Operate treatment facilities to meet slightly more than average demands, providing for maintenance periods and times of inadequate supply • Meet maximum day demands from ASR wells; peak hour demands from elevated and ground storage tanks • Reduce capital costs by typically more than 50% Kerrville, Texas Well ASR-1
  • 33. Several Other Potential ASR Objectives: Restore Groundwater Levels • Applicable for areas where regional reduction in water levels has occurred due to pumping significantly exceeding natural recharge for many years • Aquifer recharge also helps to control subsidence -100 ft (- 30 m) Las Vegas, Nevada – Feet change in potentiometric surface of principal aquifer, 1990 to 2005
  • 34. Restore Groundwater Levels: Las Vegas Valley Water District ASR Well 33 ASR Wellfield Recovery Capacity – 157 MGD from about 100 wells Largest ASR wellfield in the world
  • 35. Augmentation of Low Flows and Maintenance of Lake Levels • Divert water during high flows and store underground • Reduce or eliminate diversions during low flows • Utilize a portion of the stored water for flow augmentation and the remainder to help meet other water needs during dry periods. • Significant environmental benefits Manatee County, Florida ─ ASR Well, 1983 ACEC Grand Award, 1984
  • 36. Agricultural Water Supply: Bank Filtration, Soil Aquifer Treatment and ASR • Tailor ASR technology and science to meet agricultural needs, constraints and opportunities • Bank filtration and soil aquifer pretreatment prior to ASR storage • Major activity in Oregon Surface water is filtered through shallow sands to a horizontal well or underdrain and is then pumped to ASR storage
  • 37. Reclaimed Water Storage for Reuse • Steady, reliable supply of reclaimed water • Variable demand for irrigation water • Seasonal opportunity for storing and recovering reclaimed water to meet peak irrigation demands • Aquifer recharge of reclaimed water to achieve sustainable water supplies or to build a salinity intrusion barrier, or both Englewood Water District, Florida Reclaimed Water ASR Well City of Chandler, Arizona Tumbleweed Reclaimed ASR Well
  • 38. Other ASR Possible Objectives • Thermal storage • Diurnal storage • Hydraulic control of contaminant plumes • Reduce nutrients in agricultural runoff • Enhance wellfield production • Stabilize aggressive water • Maintain or restore aquatic ecosystems West Palm Beach, Florida ASR Well – 8 MGD Capacity Largest ASR Well in the World
  • 39. What are the more significant challenges to ASR implementation? • Legal, regulatory and policy framework (“Governance”) that, in some areas, is not well-matched to the scientific and technical realities and opportunities. • Water is power. The control of water is therefore the currency of personal, regional and national ambitions. • For some people and interests, ASR is too cost-effective. • General lack of awareness and understanding of the broad range of potential applications of ASR to meet end-user needs • Misinformation Marathon, Florida Keys, Florida First ASR well to successfully store drinking water in a seawater aquifer
  • 40. 10 Key Suggestions: Legal, regulatory and policy measures that would enhance ASR viability in Texas (1 of 2) 1. Develop ASR Wellfield Protection Area (WPA) provisions that work for Texas 2. Operate ASR wellfields by forming and maintaining the Target Storage Volume (TSV) 3. Manage ASR wellfields so that cumulative volume recovered does not exceed cumulative volume stored. Do not manage according to annual volume stored and/or recovered. 4. Clearly establish that storage of water underground through ASR wells, and recovery of the stored water for beneficial uses when needed, is a beneficial use of water, along with municipal, industrial and agricultural uses of water. 5. Confirm that no amendment to existing water rights, surface water permits, or Certificates of Adjudication is required in order to initially develop, test and place into operation ASR projects so long as ASR operations do not cause annual quantities of water diverted pursuant to existing water rights to be exceeded, and are consistent with environmental flow requirements.
  • 41. 10 Key Suggestions: Legal, regulatory and policy measures that would enhance ASR viability in Texas (2 of 2) 6. Confirm that monthly diversions of water for ASR storage, and recovery of water from ASR storage, are not restricted by historic patterns of water diversion during the year for each water right. 7. Establish that water recovered from ASR wells is not subject to demand management and critical period management rules, and is also not subject to any production limits applicable to native groundwater. 8. Evaluate compliance with water quality standards at appropriately-located monitor wells during ASR recharge and storage. Provide (time and distance) for natural processes underground to enhance water quality. 9. Establish a single regulatory framework that is consistent statewide, or coordinated ASR regulation by multiple agencies. 10. Avoid use of the term “injection” as applied to ASR wells. Instead use the term “recharge.” Semantics is everything.
  • 42. ASR Book, Second Edition www.asrforum.com
  • 43. Victoria Area ASR Feasibility Study • Partially funded by TWDB • Study Participants – City of Victoria – LNRA – Victoria County GCD – GBRA – Port of Victoria • NEI Study Team – ARCADIS-US – ASR Systems – INTERA
  • 44. Victoria/Victoria County ASR Objectives • Seasonal storage to meet peak demands • Long-term storage to increase reliability during drought • Deferring expansion of WTP or construction of second WTP • Emergency storage for use during flood events • Disinfection byproduct reduction 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 BG RC1 RC2 RC3 9 16 23 30 49 56 TTHM HAA
  • 45. Sources of Supply COA/Permit Priority Date(s) (yr/mo/day) Maximum Diversion Rate Maximum Annual Use Special Condition(s) cfs MGD¹ AFY 3844A 1918/08/06 9.80 6.37 608 Streamflow of Guadalupe @ Seguin > 9.8 cfs² 3858A 1951/06/27 4.40 2.86 1,000 3860A 1951/08/15 8.91 5.79 260 Streamflow limits at Victoria vary by month 3862A 1951/12/12 12.62 8.20 262.70 Monthly streamflow thresholds 4117A 1984/04/02 1.67 1.08 200 Streamflow limits at Victoria vary by month 5466B 1993/05/28 150.00 97.50 20,000 Streamflow limits at Victoria vary by month 3606A 1978/07/10 13.40 8.71 4,676 P3895 in WAM Streamflow limits at Victoria vary by month Total ≈ 27,000 AFY
  • 46. Hydrogeologic Evaluation • Focus: potential ASR sites • Gulf Coast Aquifer geology – Stratigraphy – Sand thickness • Aquifer hydraulic properties – Water levels – Transmissivity and hydraulic conductivity – Potential for migration • Existing production wells and pumping • Water quality – Fe, Mn, TDS, Arsenic – Injection wells 46
  • 47. Potential ASR Locations and Formations
  • 48. Cross Section and Sand Thickness Example CSA-1 CSA-2 CSA-3 CSA-4 CSA-5 CSA-6 CSA-7 CSA-8 CSA-9 CSA-10 CSA-11 Cross Section A CSA-1 - Log Name BB GSE LI WI UG LG
  • 49. Water Wells in Study Area
  • 52. Injection Wells and TDS Values
  • 53. Hydrogeologic Conclusions – Excellent data confidence • Victoria municipal wells • Other wells • Victoria County GCD – Area well suited for ASR – TDS concentrations below 1,000 mg/L – No evidence of potential contamination – Migration rate will vary with City well operations
  • 54. Water Demand and ASR Model • Water Demand to Year 2040: – 8% increase per decade – Applied to historic demand patterns for both: • Dry Year: 2011 • Average Year: 2008 • ASR Model: – Daily water availability model using actual Victoria demand pattern – 7 options analyzed 11/10/2014 54
  • 55. ASR Model Results Description WTP Capacity (MGD) TSV (AF) Available for Recovery (AF) Buffer Zone (AF) Recharge Capacity (MGD) Recovery Capacity (MGD) 2011 ( Dry Year) Baseline Water Demand A Baseline 25.2 166,060 83,030 83,030 18.3 24.9 B Zero Initial ASR Volume 25.2 Not 100% Reliable C Not DOR 25.2 53,900 26,950 26,950 18.3 24.9 D 95% Reliability 25.2 166,060 83,030 83,030 18.3 24.9 2008 (Normal Year) Baseline Water Demand E Baseline 25.2 9,250 4,625 4,625 19.2 21.0 F Zero Initial ASR Volume 25.2 Not 100% Reliable G WTP Expansion 32.0 7,300 3,650 3,650 26.0 19.6
  • 56. Basis for Conceptual Design Phase/Description Location Bottom of Well (Ft) Recharge Rate (gpm) Recovery Rate (gpm) Phase 1: Feasibility Assessment Phase 2: Demonstration Well Program 1 New ASR Well Victoria SWTP 1,000 850 1,750 Retrofit 1 Well WTP No. 3 (Well 14) 1,017 800 1,400 1 SZ Monitor Well Victoria SWTP 800 2 Chico Monitor Wells SWTP/WTP No. 3 100 Wireline Core Victoria SWTP 1,000 Phase 3: ASR Wellfield Development 9 New ASR Wells Victoria SWTP 1,000 850 1,750 Retrofit 5 Wells WTP No. 3 (Well 15) 1,034 800 1,400 WTP No. 3 (Well 16) 1,010 800 1,400 WTP No. 3 (Well 17) 828 800 1,400 WTP No. 3 (Well 18) 1,036 800 1,400 WTP No. 3 (Well 19) 1,068 800 1,400
  • 57. Potential ASR Wellfields 11/10/2014 57
  • 58. Victoria SWTP (25.2 MGD) 11/10/2014 58
  • 59. Victoria SWTP Area Victoria SWTP Riverside Park 11/10/2014 59
  • 60. WTP No. 3 Complex 11/10/2014
  • 61. Estimated ASR System Costs – Phase 2 Testing Program: $3.6 million (included below) – Total Capital Cost: $14.5 million – Total Project Cost: $21.1 million – Total Annual Cost: $ 1.5 million (debt service + O&M) – ASR Project Unit Cost: $56 per AFY ($0.17 /K gal) – Incremental cost of treatment/storage: $ 136 per AFY ($0.42/k gal) – Total Unit Cost: $192 per AFY ($0.59/K gal) 11/10/2014 61
  • 62. Permitting and Institutional Issues • Major Permitting Requirements – TCEQ: • Amend Victoria surface water permits • UIC Class V injection well permit – GCDs: • Drilling permits—for ASR and monitoring wells • Production permits • Institutional Issues – GCD rules must be amended to facilitate ASR – Key GCD issues are well spacing and ability to recover stored water up to 100% of TSV 11/10/2014 62
  • 63. Team Conclusions 63 • Water supply can be firmed up with ASR using existing SWTP capacity • TSV must be built prior to DOR (1 to 11 years) • Area well suited for ASR storage • No evidence of potential contamination • Migration can be controlled by City operations • Basis for conceptual design based on ASR modeling: • Required TSV • Recharge and recovery rates • Required number of wells • Existing City infrastructure • Controlled by recharge capacity for all options
  • 64. Client Conclusions 64 Working with partners : City able to look at regional concerns and possibility of leveraging water availability to address population growth, drought and economic expansion. Using existing infrastructure : ASR Project even more economically feasible than we thought it would be. Using existing water supplies: Able to firm up supplies while respecting need for adequate environmental flows. Outcome: Able to learn from and build on the success of other ASR projects in Texas.
  • 65. Imagine the result Jerry James jjames @victoriatx.org (361) 485-3230 Fred M. Blumberg fred.blumberg@arcadis-us.com (512) 584-4242 R. David Pyne, PE dpyne@asrsystems.ws (352) 336-3820

Editor's Notes

  1. There are probably over 100 ASR wellfields in operation now. The largest is at Las Vegas Valley Water District with 157 MGD recovery capacity. Second largest is Calleguas MWD, California, with 68 MGD capacity, providing emergency and drought supply for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The third largest is for San Antonio Water System, supplying 60 MGD. Many other ASR wellfields are operating overseas in England, Netherlands, Australia, India, South Africa, Israel, Canada and other countries.