| Main Title |
Determination of Pollutional Potential of the Ogallala Aquifer by Salt Water Injection. |
| Author |
McMillion, Sr, Leslie G. ;
Maxwel, Bruce W. ;
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| CORP Author |
Robert S. Kerr Water Research Center, Ada, Okla. |
| Year Published |
1970 |
| Report Number |
EPA-FWQA-16060; 11361,; 16060-6/70 |
| Stock Number |
PB-202 227 |
| Additional Subjects |
( Ogallala aquifer ;
Water pollution) ;
( Injection wells ;
Water pollution) ;
( Brines ;
Waste disposal) ;
Oklahoma ;
Liquid waste disposal ;
Oil wastes
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| NTIS |
PB-202 227 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
90p |
| Abstract |
Field studies were conducted to determine whether contamination of the Ogallala Aquifer could result from the current practice of injection of oil-field brines into the Glorieta Sandstone, which lies 500 to 1,000 feet below the Ogallala in Texas County, Oklahoma--the study area. The project was designed on the basis that for brines to move from the Glorieta to the Ogallala the potentiometric pressures in the Glorieta would have to be higher than water-level elevations of the Ogallala. Since the hydraulic characteristics of the Glorieta Sandstone were needed for determining this fluid relationship, a technique was developed for making aquifer tests in brine disposal wells. The technique has application in certain water resources investigations and in situations similar to that of this study. (Author) |
