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  <dc:contributor>Brian G. Katz</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Michael T. Meyer</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Adam L. Foster</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2012</dc:date>
  <dc:description>An increased demand for fresh groundwater resources in South Florida has prompted Miami-Dade County to expand its water reclamation program and actively pursue reuse plans for aquifer recharge, irrigation, and wetland rehydration. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) and the Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resources Management (DERM), initiated a study in 2008 to assess the presence of selected pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater compounds in the influent and effluent at three regional wastewater-treatment plants (WWTPs) operated by the WASD and at one WWTP operated by the City of Homestead, Florida (HSWWTP).</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3133/sir20125083</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Occurrence and potential transport of selected pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater compounds from wastewater-treatment plant influent and effluent to groundwater and canal systems in Miami-Dade County, Florida</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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