Publication Citation

USGS Series Open-File Report
Report Number 79-683
Title Hydrologic data for a subsurface waste-injection site at Mulberry, Florida; 1972-77
Edition -
Language ENGLISH
Author(s) Wilson, William Edward; Parsons, David C.; Spechler, R. M.
Year 1979
Originating office
USGS Library Call Number (200) R29o no.79-683
Physical description iii, 25 p. :ill., maps ;27 cm.
ISBN

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Abstract

Since October 1972, industrial liquid waste has been injected into a brine aquifer of limestone and dolomite in Mulberry, FL., at a depth of more than 4,000 feet below land surface. During 1977, the injection rate was about 8.8 million gallons per month. To determine what effect the injected waste has on the ground-water body, water levels have been measured and water samples collected from two monitor wells that tap different permeable zones above the injection zone, and from a satellite monitor well that taps the injection zone. The monitor wells are in the annulus of the injection well, and the satellite monitor well is 2,291 feet from the injection well. This report updates previous data reports and includes all hydrologic data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during 1972-77. Included is a table of well-construction data, a graph showing the volume of waste injected each month, and hydrographs of the annulus monitor wells and the satellite monitor well. (Woodard-USGS)