Aquifer Storage and Recovery: Can an Updated Inventory Predict Future System Success?

Abstract

Aquifer storage and recovery, or ASR, is used to provide a stored water source where water supplies are unreliable or to address future demand. A 2013 inventory of ASR systems was updated in 2019 to evaluate project parameters and determine which variables are best at predicting the success of future ASR projects. With a time frame of June 2013 through October 2019, the revised inventory and analysis included data on new ASR sites and existing sites whose status had changed.