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Houston Geological Society Bulletin
Abstract
Abstract: Techniques for Determining Groundwater Quality
from Borehole Geophysical Logs
By
Collier Consulting, Stephenville, TX
In many parts of the world, techniques are needed to accurately
assess the quality and quantity of fresh and saline groundwater
resources. In determining the 
water
quality of an aquifer
there is certainly nothing equal to a laboratory analysis of the
water. Unfortunately, however, water
samples are frequently not available.
This is true for fresh as well as saline
water aquifers.
In the absence of a water analysis,
water quality can be calculated from
borehole geophysical logs. Often, this
is the only available method. Plus,
logging data are much more abundant
and more easily accessible than
water analyses. In hydrocarbon-producing
areas tens of thousands of
borehole geophysical logs are available
for aquifers that have only a few water analyses.
Determining water
quality from logs has long been a subject of
interest to log analysts. However, most of the research has been
conducted by the petroleum industry and has centered on very
saline and brine waters. Few papers have addressed groundwater
quality determination from logs of less saline waters.
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