Groundwater quality monitoring of western oil shale development: identification and priority ranking of potential pollution sources

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5382278

Slawson, Jr, G C

This report presents the development of a preliminary priority ranking of potential pollution sources with respect to groundwater quality and the associated pollutants for oil shale operations such as proposed for Federal Prototype Leases U-a and U-b in Eastern Utah. The methodology used includes description of background information and the proposed oil shale operations as potential pollution sources, characteristics of potential pollutants, area water use, the hydrogeologic framework of the project area, and existing water quality. This information base is then used to evaluate the potential mobility of pollutants in the subsurface through consideration of infiltration, and mobility and attenuation processes in unsaturated and saturated zones. These facts lead to the preliminary priority ranking based on the magnitude of the sources; the toxicity, persistence, etc., of the potential pollutants; the mobility of pollutants in the subsurface; and the potential for harm to water users.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Santa Barbara, CA (USA). Center for Advanced Studies
• OSTI ID: 5382278
• Report Number(s): PB-300536
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROLOGY
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MINING
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SHALE MINING
OIL SHALES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
SOLID WASTES
USA
UTAH
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION