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AAPG Bulletin

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Volume: 57 (1973)

Issue: 8. (August)

First Page: 1606

Last Page: 1607

Title: Industrial Wastewater-Injection Wells in United States--Status of Use and Regulation, 1973: ABSTRACT

Author(s): Don L. Warner, Donald H. Orcutt

Article Type: Meeting abstract

Abstract:

Recent inventories of industrial wastewater-injection wells in the United States show that at least 250 wells have been completed to date (March 1973) in 24

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states. Available data have been obtained and analyzed concerning site geology and geohydrology, waste character, well construction, surface equipment, and operating programs and regulatory requirements for each well. Brief environmental impact statements for the wells have been developed where sufficient information could be obtained to allow this assessment.

In addition, information concerning the current state laws and programs for regulation of wastewater injection has been obtained and evaluated.

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