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- Title
- Deep Well Injection of Industrial Wastes: Government Controls and Legal Constraints.
- File
- PB262184.pdf
- Author(s)
- Walker, W. R.; Cox, W. E.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1976, 171 p.
- Abstract
- Deep well waste disposal involves the injection of liquid wastes into subsurface geologic formations by means of wells. The technique is based on the concept that liquid wastes can be injected into, and contained by geologic strata, thereby providing long-term isolation of the waste material from the environment. Capacity to accept an injected waste is a function of the amount of void space within (porosity) and ability to transmit fluid (permeability). Deep well injection is primarily a process of long-term waste storage rather than treatment. This report describes the legal and institutional framework within which waste injection must be accomplished. Prior to 1970, governmental control of injection was a state responsibility. The most significant modification in regulations has been the development of a federal control program.
- Keywords
- ; Constraining; Depth; Environmental impacts; Injection wells; Industrial wastes; Regulations; Policies; Ground water; Geologic structures; Law (Jurisprudence); Waste disposal; National government; Pollution; Legislation; Refuse; Industries; Earthquakes