Raw Data from Continuous Resistivity Profiles Collected May 24-25, and July 28, 2011 in Biscayne Bay and a Cooling Canal System, Miami-Dade County, Florida

The salinity of groundwater at the Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) Turkey Point Nuclear Plant in southeastern Florida is being evaluated. The power plant contains a large cooling canal system with warm water; which has salinities elevated above typical, natural surface water in southeastern Florida, circulating within the canals in the uppermost part the highly permeable karst carbonate Biscayne aquifer. The canal system is a closed system that does not discharge directly to fresh or marine surface water bodies. However, exchange between the canal system and groundwater has been postulated based on existing hydrologic information. A pilot study was conducted to determine if Continuous resistivity profiles could be used to determine the vertical and horizontal extent of the hypersaline water from the cooling canal system. Continuous resistivity profiles were collected May 24-25, and July 28, 2011 in some of the cooling canals of the Florida Power and Light Company Turkey Point power plant and in Biscayne Bay near the power plant.