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Data from pumping and injection tests and chemical sampling in the geothermal aquifer at Klamath Falls, Oregon

Open-File Report 84-146
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr84146

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Abstract

A seven-week pumping and injection tests in the geothermal aquifer at Klamath Falls, Oregon, in 1983 provided new information on hydraulic properties of the aquifer. The Open-File Data Report on the tests includes graphs of water levels measured in 50 wells, temperature measurement in 17 wells , daily air-temperatures in relation to discharge of thermal water from more than 70 pumped and artesian wells, tables of monthly mean air temperatures and estimates of discharges of thermal water during a normal year, and tables of chemical and isotopic analyses on samples from 12 wells. The water-level measurements reflect the effects of pumping, injection, and recovery over about 1.7 square miles of the hot-well area of Klamath Falls. The pumped well, City Well No 1, and the injection well at the Klamath County Museum are components of a proposed District Heating Plan. The study was funded principally under contracts from the U.S. Department of Energy to the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Stanford University, and the Oregon Institute of Technology, with coordination and chemical sampling provided under the Geothermal Research Program, U.S. Geological Survey. Support was received from the City of Klamath Falls, Klamath County Chamber of Commerce, Citizens for Responsible Geothermal Development, and many citizen volunteers. (USGS)
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Data from pumping and injection tests and chemical sampling in the geothermal aquifer at Klamath Falls, Oregon
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 84-146
DOI 10.3133/ofr84146
Edition -
Year Published 1984
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description viii, 114 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.
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