Abstract |
This research center is located three miles south of Ada, Oklahoma, and eighty-five miles southeast of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The national programs conducted at the laboratory have been assigned on the basis of its proximity to agricultural, mining, and petroleum activities with the objective of meeting needs for controlling the wastes generated. During the past year, research activities on pollution problems undertaken by the personnel based at this site included the following areas: petrochemicals, petroleum refining, oil production, oil shale production, irrigation return flows, animal feedlots, meat packing, ground-water research, effects of pollutants on soil and ground ecology, control of pollution by means other than conventional treatment processes, and ultimate waste disposal in underground horizons. Summary statements concerning individual projects are presented in the body of the report. |