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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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