Identification of environmental control technologies for geothermal development in the Imperial Valley of California

Technical Report · Thu Oct 05 04:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6548345· OSTI ID:6548345

Snoeberger, D F; Hill, J H

Control technologies to manage environmental impacts from geothermal developments in California's Imperial Valley from development to 1985 are discussed. Included are descriptions of methods for managing land subsidence by fluid injection; for preventing undesirable induced seismicity or mitigating the effects of seismic events; for managing liquid wastes through pretreatment or subsurface injection; for controlling H/sub 2/S by dispersal, reinjection, and chemical treatment of effluents; and for minimizing the impact of noise from power plants by setting up buffer zones and exclusion areas.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6548345
• Report Number(s): UCRL-52548
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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