During the past few years, the City has called on Barnes, Ferland and Associates, Inc. (BFA) to provide hydrogeologic assistance regarding future well field siting, Consumptive Use Permit planning and post remediation contamination monitoring.

BFA prepared two technical evaluations that involve the City’s plans for future well field withdrawals. The first evaluation was needed to demonstrate that the City’s future well field withdrawals would not result in deficits, as reported in the District’s Draft Water 2020 Plan. This work involved reviewing supply well water quality data, developing a groundwater flow model to predict drawdowns within the Upper Floridan aquifer as a result of the City’s proposed 2020 withdrawal quantities and coordination with City and District Staff. Model results were used to demonstrate that no impacts would result if four new wells were added to spread out the pumpage effects.