| Abstract: | The U.S. Geological Survey collected scientific and technical information before, during, and after construction of a deep test well at the location of a future regional waste-water treatment plant to be built for the city of West Palm Beach, Florida. Data from the test well will be used by the city in the design of a proposed deep-well injection system for disposal of effluent from the treatment plant. Shallow wells in the vicinity of the drilling site were inventoried and sampled to provide a data base for detecting changes in ground water quality during construction and later operation of the deep wells. In addition, 16 small-diameter monitor wells, ranging in depth from 10 to 162 feet, were drilled at the test site. During the drilling of the deep test well, water samples were collected weekly from the 16 monitor wells for determination of chloride content and specific conductance. Evidence of small spills of salt water were found in monitor wells ranging in depth from 10 to 40 feet. Efforts to remove the salt water from the shallow unconfined aquifer by pumping were undertaken by the drilling contractor at the request of the city of West Palm Beach. The affected area is small and there has been a reduction of chloride concentration. |
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| ProdID: | 15439 |
| Citation Author: | Pitt, William A., Jr.; Meyer, Frederick W. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 44 p. :maps ;27 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 76-91 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Ground-water quality at the site of a proposed deep-well injection system for treated wastewater, West Palm Beach, Florida; 1976; OFR; 76-91; Pitt, William A., Jr.; Meyer, Frederick W. |
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| Citation Year: | 1976 |
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| Text: | Ground-water quality at the site of a proposed deep-well injection system for treated wastewater, West Palm Beach, Florida; 1976; OFR; 76-91; Pitt, William A., Jr.; Meyer, Frederick W. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/76-91/ |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, |
