WASTE DISPOSAL - Recent articles on technology of subsurface waste disposal. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER RESOURCES DIVISION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20242 August 26, 1969 4037 0001 GROUND WATER BRANCH TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NO. 70.6 To: Regional Hydrologists and District Chiefs, WRD From: Chief, Ground Water Branch, WRD Subject: WASTE DISPOSAL - Recent articles on technology of subsurface waste disposal. A. N. Turcan, Jr., has called attention to three recent articles on waste-disposal wells and related hydrologic and geologic problems, and references to these articles are relayed here for your information. We can supply single copies on request. Slagle, K. A., and Stogner, N. M., 1969, Oil fields yield new deep-well disposal technique: Water and Sewage Works, v. 116, no. 6, p. 238-244. June Concerns the application of oil-field technology to deep disposal and the design of injection wells. Precautions are emphasized. Walker, W. R., and Stewart, R. C., 1968, Deep-well disposal of wastes: Am. Soc. Civil Engineers Proc., Sanitary Eng. Div. Jour., v. 94, SA-5, P. 945-968. Concerns geology, economics, legal aspects, compatibility, well construction, and injection monitoring involved in disposal practices. Veir, B. B., 1969, Deep well disposal pays off at Celanese chemical plant: Water and Sewage Works, v. 116, no. 5, p. IW 21-IW 24. May Stresses the need for proper planning and detailed knowledge of the type of waste and the chemical and physical quality of the fluid in the receiving zone. (s) C. L. McGuinness WRD Distribution: A, B, S, FO, PO