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Title: Heating the New Mexico Tech Campus with geothermal energy. Final report, July 1, 1978-October 31, 1979

Abstract

An area between the base of Socorro Peak and the New Mexico Tech Campus (located in central New Mexico) has been proposed as a site for geothermal exploratory drilling. The existing site environment is summarized, a program for site monitoring is proposed, impacts of geothermal production and reinjection are listed, and problems associated with geothermal development are examined. The most critical environmental impact is the increased seismic activity that may be associated with geothermal fluid migration resulting from geothermal production and reinjection.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6883128
Report Number(s):
NP-25266; EMD-78-2333(Pt.2)
Resource Type:
Book
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; AIR QUALITY; EXPLORATORY WELLS; GEOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; NEW MEXICO; PLANTS; REINJECTION; SEISMICITY; SOILS; TECTONICS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WELL DRILLING; WILD ANIMALS; ANIMALS; DRILLING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FLUIDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MANAGEMENT; NORTH AMERICA; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SOUTHWEST REGION; USA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER; WELLS; Geothermal Legacy; 150600* - Geothermal Energy- Environmental Aspects; 530000 - Environmental-Social Aspects of Energy Technologies- (-1989)

Citation Formats

LeFebre, V, and Miller, A. Heating the New Mexico Tech Campus with geothermal energy. Final report, July 1, 1978-October 31, 1979. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
LeFebre, V, & Miller, A. Heating the New Mexico Tech Campus with geothermal energy. Final report, July 1, 1978-October 31, 1979. United States.
LeFebre, V, and Miller, A. 1980. "Heating the New Mexico Tech Campus with geothermal energy. Final report, July 1, 1978-October 31, 1979". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6883128.
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abstractNote = {An area between the base of Socorro Peak and the New Mexico Tech Campus (located in central New Mexico) has been proposed as a site for geothermal exploratory drilling. The existing site environment is summarized, a program for site monitoring is proposed, impacts of geothermal production and reinjection are listed, and problems associated with geothermal development are examined. The most critical environmental impact is the increased seismic activity that may be associated with geothermal fluid migration resulting from geothermal production and reinjection.},
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year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
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