Water quality in the vicinity of Fenton Hill Site, 1978. Progress report
Water quality data have been collected from surface and ground water stations and from ponds at the Fenton Hill Site located in the Jemez Mountains, as part of a continuing program of environmental studies. There have been slight variations in the chemical quality at individual stations; however, these variations in water quality are within normal seasonal fluctuations. Evaluation of the aquifer furnishing water to the Fenton Hill Site indicates a transmissivity of about 1200 m/sup 2//day. The specific capacity over a five day test was 28 l/s/m of drawdown. There was a slight increase in total dissolved solids in the well water between 1977 and 1978. Water quality and soluble fluoride and chloride in sediments in the canyon that receives excess water from the ponds indicate that these constituents decrease to background within 300 m of the ponds. A water balance of amount produced at the site indicates 7% of the water lost to evaporation from the ponds, 31% lost by infiltration into tuff beneath the ponds, 21% of the water discharged from the ponds, and 41% used for downhole experiments, drilling operations, and general site use.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 5707560
- Report Number(s):
- LA-8217-PR
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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JEMEZ MOUNTAINS
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