Aquifer Storage and Recovery wells are a discredited technology that nonetheless is being pursued with zeal by the most clueless governor in Florida history: Rick Scott.
Moneys from Amendment 1 -- the constitutional amendment passed by over 78 percent of Florida voters in 2014 -- are now being targeted as critics anticipated for development of wells that will serve primarily to enrich campaign contributors and the supply chain related to water infrastructure in Florida.
I've been a critic of ASR since it first surfaced as the key component of Everglades "restoration" in the late 1990's. John Rehill, for Bradenton Times, does an excellent job recapping the malodorous facts behind the rejuvenation of a very, very bad idea.
The Bradenton Times
ASR Wells are Full of Empty Promises
John Rehill•Sunday, Dec 27, 2015
Billions of environmental dollars are on their way to be flushed down into the ground with the dry-cleaning fluid, surface-water, wastewater and reverse-osmosis brine. Officials will tell us that there, deep beneath our feet, the people have an investment which will grow in the form of a water reservoir, hedging the cost for future water shortages. But it's more about funneling funds than culling water; more about bracing for skyrocketing water fees than a cost-saving solution.
The plan reads like a novel set in a parallel universe, half fiction, half figment, unprincipled and corrupt; it's a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) scheme that's based on a hoax.
Read more »Moneys from Amendment 1 -- the constitutional amendment passed by over 78 percent of Florida voters in 2014 -- are now being targeted as critics anticipated for development of wells that will serve primarily to enrich campaign contributors and the supply chain related to water infrastructure in Florida.
I've been a critic of ASR since it first surfaced as the key component of Everglades "restoration" in the late 1990's. John Rehill, for Bradenton Times, does an excellent job recapping the malodorous facts behind the rejuvenation of a very, very bad idea.
The Bradenton Times
ASR Wells are Full of Empty Promises
John Rehill•Sunday, Dec 27, 2015
Billions of environmental dollars are on their way to be flushed down into the ground with the dry-cleaning fluid, surface-water, wastewater and reverse-osmosis brine. Officials will tell us that there, deep beneath our feet, the people have an investment which will grow in the form of a water reservoir, hedging the cost for future water shortages. But it's more about funneling funds than culling water; more about bracing for skyrocketing water fees than a cost-saving solution.
The plan reads like a novel set in a parallel universe, half fiction, half figment, unprincipled and corrupt; it's a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) scheme that's based on a hoax.
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