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

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.

本研究针对佛罗里达州东南部的佛罗里达电力与照明公司（Florida Power & Light Company, FPL）土耳其角核电站的地下水盐度展开评估。该核电站设有一套大型温水冷却渠系统，渠内水体盐度高于佛罗里达东南部典型天然地表水，于高渗透性喀斯特碳酸盐岩构成的比斯坎含水层（Biscayne aquifer）最上部的渠段内循环流动。该冷却渠系统为封闭体系，不会直接向淡水或海洋地表水体排放。但基于现有水文资料，研究人员推测该渠系统与地下水之间存在水力交换。为验证连续电阻率剖面（Continuous resistivity profiles）能否用于确定该冷却渠系统产生的超盐度水体的垂向与水平分布范围，研究人员开展了一项初步试验。研究人员于2011年5月24日至25日及7月28日，在该公司土耳其角核电站的部分冷却渠以及核电站邻近的比斯坎湾（Biscayne Bay）采集了连续电阻率剖面数据。