Water quality in the vicinity of Fenton Hill, 1980. Progress report
Water quality data were collected from established surface and ground water stations and from ponds and pond discharge at Fenton Hill Site located in the Jemez Mountains as part of a continuing program of environmental studies. Most of these stations were established in 1973 with water quality data having been collected since that time. There have been slight variations in the chemical quality of water from the surface and ground water locations; however, these variations are within normal seasonal fluctuations. Water in the ponds used for storage at the site is highly mineralized because of drilling operations or discharge from circulation tests in the fractured reservoir of the deep geothermal holes. Water from the ponds or direct discharges from the circulation tests are discharged into an adjacent dry canyon. The discharge infiltrates into alluvium of the canyon within 400 m of the ponds. Monitoring of surface and spring discharge downgradient from the ponds failed to detect any effects resulting from release of water from the ponds. Analyses of water from the supply well at the site indicated the chemical concentrations were below US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and State of New Mexico standards or criteria for domestic or municipal uses.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6031848
- Report Number(s):
- LA-9007-PR; ON: DE82002993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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