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Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Delineated Wellhead Protection Area : The North West Wellfield In Dade County, Florida, Jose H. Olivo Jr.
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Delineated Wellhead Protection Area : The North West Wellfield In Dade County, Florida, Jose H. Olivo Jr.
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Methods for the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Wellhead Protection Program (WHPP) in the North West Wellfield, Dade County, Florida are presented. This is done through application of two computer programs developed by the Environmental Protection Agency: WHPA (Version 2.2), a Modular Semi-Analytical Model for the Delineation of Wellhead Protection Areas, and WHAEM, the Wellhead Analytical Element Model. In addition the Calculated Fixed Radius Method for capture zone delineation is also used. Wellhead delineation results from the afore mentioned three methods are obtained for both present and future water demands, based on population predictions done for the years 2010, …