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Title: Chemical fingerprints to assess the effects of geothermal development on water quality in Imperial Valley

Abstract

A two-year baseline water quality study was conducted in the Imperial Valley. The data accumulated, together with the drinking and irrigation water criteria and the known costs of chemical analyses, augment findings on brine chemistry throughout the Valley and on constituents in the Vail 4A Drain, an agricultural drain in the Salton Sea KGRA. These suggest minimum parameters that should be monitored in future programs for water quality management during the development of the geothermal resources in Imperial Valley. They are concentrations of B, Li, Mn, Zn, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cl, SO{sub 4}, CO{sub 3}, and HCO{sub 3}, TDS, SC, pH, and temperature. Arsenic, Se, Pb, and Ni should also be considered in the future because of their possible elevation in some brines above existing water quality criteria. (JGB)

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
OSTI Identifier:
6706514
Report Number(s):
UCRL-81177; CONF-780708-16
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Geothermal Resources Council meeting, Hilo, HI, USA, 25 Jul 1978
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; IMPERIAL VALLEY; WATER QUALITY; ACID CARBONATES; AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; BORON; CALCIUM; CARBONATES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; IRRIGATION; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MONITORING; NICKEL; PH VALUE; POTASSIUM; SALTON SEA GEOTHERMAL FIELD; SELENIUM; SODIUM; SOLIDS; SULFATES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRACE AMOUNTS; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC; ALKALI METALS; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; METALS; NORTH AMERICA; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SEMIMETALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; USA; WATER; WESTERN REGION; Geothermal Legacy; 150600* - Geothermal Energy- Environmental Aspects; 520500 - Environment, Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Pimentel, K D, Ireland, R R, and Tompkins, G A. Chemical fingerprints to assess the effects of geothermal development on water quality in Imperial Valley. United States: N. p., 1978. Web.
Pimentel, K D, Ireland, R R, & Tompkins, G A. Chemical fingerprints to assess the effects of geothermal development on water quality in Imperial Valley. United States.
Pimentel, K D, Ireland, R R, and Tompkins, G A. 1978. "Chemical fingerprints to assess the effects of geothermal development on water quality in Imperial Valley". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6706514.
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author = {Pimentel, K D and Ireland, R R and Tompkins, G A},
abstractNote = {A two-year baseline water quality study was conducted in the Imperial Valley. The data accumulated, together with the drinking and irrigation water criteria and the known costs of chemical analyses, augment findings on brine chemistry throughout the Valley and on constituents in the Vail 4A Drain, an agricultural drain in the Salton Sea KGRA. These suggest minimum parameters that should be monitored in future programs for water quality management during the development of the geothermal resources in Imperial Valley. They are concentrations of B, Li, Mn, Zn, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cl, SO{sub 4}, CO{sub 3}, and HCO{sub 3}, TDS, SC, pH, and temperature. Arsenic, Se, Pb, and Ni should also be considered in the future because of their possible elevation in some brines above existing water quality criteria. (JGB)},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 04 00:00:00 EST 1978},
month = {Tue Apr 04 00:00:00 EST 1978}
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