Achievement

David Pfahler, an IGERT trainee in the AMw3-IGERT, lead a team of IGERT and non-IGERT students in a multidisciplinary project to evaluate the water sustainability of Winter Haven, Florida. The research which included evaluation of inputs and outflows of surface and surfical ground water as well as deep aquifer water culminated in simulation models used to balance water use with climate inputs. This was the first water sustainability exercise of this magnitude ever done for a Florida city which utilized a modeling approach to balance water withdrawals, water recycle, restoration of wetlands for water storage, and dechannelization of drainage canals. The City has adopted the plan and is now in the process of implementing.