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About ITRC
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction Overview
1.1 What Is MAR?
1.2 Purpose/Scope of MAR Guidance
1.3 Key Terms and Definitions
1.4 State Survey Results
1.5 Document Organization
2 Project Planning
2 Project Planning Overview
2.1 Project Team
2.2 Feasibility
2.3 Economics
2.4 Stakeholder Engagement and Environmental Justice
2.5 Regulatory Considerations and Permitting
2.6 Pilot Testing
2.7 Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring (OM&M
3 Managed Aquifer Recharge
3 Managed Aquifer Recharge Overview
3.1 Intended Use of MAR
3.2 Source Water
3.3 Receiving Aquifer
3.4 Recharge Technologies
3.5 Water Quality Considerations
3.6 Data and Modeling
4 Recharge Technologies 
4 Recharge Technologies Overview
4.1 Surface Recharge Technologies Overview
4.2 Subsurface Recharge Technologies Overview
Recharge Technology Fact Sheets
Infiltration Basin Fact Sheet
Retention Structures Fact Sheet
Injection Well Fact Sheet
Dry Well Fact Sheet
Infiltration Gallery Fact Sheet
5 Case Studies
5 Case Studies Overview
5.1 HRSD Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow (SWIFT) Program
5.2 Using a Simple, Low-Cost Injection Water Pretreatment System to Reduce the Concentration of Naturally Occurring Arsenic and Other Trace Metals in Recovered Water during ASR Operations 
5.3 Seawater Intrusion/Replenishment in Southern Los Angeles County 
5.4 San Antonio Water System H2Oaks Center ASR Project 
5.5 Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin 
5.6 Idaho’s Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer MAR Program 
5.7 Pilot Study for the Injection of Highly Treated Reclaimed Water to Create Saltwater Intrusion Barriers and Enhance Groundwater Supplies, Hillsborough County, Florida 
5.8 Mustang Creek Watershed Dry Well Pilot Study  
5.9 Walla Walla Basin Watershed 
5.10 Clark Fork River Basin MAR Modeling 
5.11 Army Post Road ASR Well 
5.12 South Metro Water Supply Authority Regional ASR Groundwater Model Scope of Work 
References
Appendices
APPENDIX A. Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) Team State Survey 
Appendix B. Water Quality Parameters
APPENDIX C. State, Territory, and Tribe Contacts for Managed Aquifer Recharge
Appendix D. Team Contacts 
Appendix E. Glossary
Appendix F. Acronyms
Acknowledgments
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Acknowledgments

The members of the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) Team wish to acknowledge the individuals, organizations, and agencies that contributed to this product. 

As part of the broader ITRC effort, the Managed Aquifer Recharge Team effort is funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy. Additional funding and support have been provided by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  

The MAR team was led by Kelsey Bufford of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and Kris McCandless of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. 

Team leaders were assisted by program advisors Jim Rocco and Lesley Hay Wilson of Sage Risk Solutions LLC. 

The work team also wishes to recognize the efforts of the following individuals: 

State and Local Government 

Eric Bennett 
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality   
John Mitsdarfer 
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality 
David Cates 
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality 
Robert Murphy  
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 
Mark Durway 
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Groundwater Management 
Robert Nail 
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
Rebecca Higgins 
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 
Brian Partington 
Water Replenishment District of Southern California 
Robert Hillegas 
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 
Sara Pearson 
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy 
Sean Kelley 
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality 
Jenny Reitz 
Hampton Roads Sanitation District 
Andrew Kowler 
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, UIC program 
Nancy Rice 
Minnesota Department of Health 
Jamie Mitchell 
Hampton Roads Sanitation District 
 

Federal Government 

Doug Bacon 
USEPA Region 8 
Jon Fields 
USEPA 
Doug Beak 
USEPA 
Chris Patterson 
Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) 
Linda Bowling 
USEPA Region 8 
 

Public and Tribal Stakeholders 

Lorrie Council 
Ground Water Protection Council 

Emeritus and Academia Stakeholders 

Emre Burcu Özkaraova 
Ondokuz Mayis Üniversity 
Mark Widdowson 
Virginia Tech 
Guy Sewell 
ECU Professor Retired 
 

Industry Affiliates 

Brad Bessinger 
S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc 
Brandon McLean 
Brown and Caldwell 
Brian Caldwell 
Ensafe, Inc. 
Michael Mobile 
McDonald Morrissey Associates 
Bob Cohen 
Tetra Tech 
Joanna Moreno 
WSP Golder 
Dayne Crowley 
Wood Environment & Infrastructure 
Patrick O’Connell 
EKI Environment & Water, Inc. 
Maria Daugherty 
EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc. 
Travis Pacheco 
Torrent Resources (Oldcastle) 
Tony Daus 
GSI Environmental Inc. 
Sorab Panday 
GSI Environmental, Inc. 
Jeff Davis 
Integral Consulting Inc. 
Tim Parker 
Ramboll 
Emmanuel Fonseca 
EKI Environment & Water, Inc. 
Scott Payne
WWC Engineering 
John Fontana 
Vista GeoScience, LLC 
Alex Rosenthal 
Wood Plc 
Beth Hoagland 
S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc 
Tony Schroer 
Barr Engineering Company 
Adam Janzen 
Barr Engineering Company 
Mike Taraszki 
Wood Environment & Infrastructure 
Gregg Jones 
Brown and Caldwell 
Chuck Thibault 
Tioga Environmental Consultants 
Mike Jorgensen 
Stantec Australia 
Dimitri Vlassopoulos 
Anchor QEA 
Maureen McGraw 
Tetra Tech 
Claire Wildman 
Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. 
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