Open AccessSanta Rosa Geysers Recharge Project: GEO-98-001. Final Report
Author(s) -
Edwin Brauner,
Daniel C. Carlson
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/897791
Subject(s) - groundwater recharge , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , water source , geology , water resource management , geotechnical engineering , groundwater , aquifer
The Geysers steamfields in northern Sonoma County have produced reliable ''green'' power for many years. An impediment to long-term continued production has been the ability to provide a reliable source of injection water to replace water extracted and lost in the form of steam. The steamfield operators have historcially used cooling towers to recycle a small portion of the steam and have collected water during the winter months using stream extraction. These two sources, however, could not by themselves sustain the steamfield in the long term. The Lake County Reclaimed Water Project (SEGEP) was inititated in 1997 and provides another source of steamfield replenishment water. The Santa Rosa Geysers Recharge Project provides another significant step in replenishing the steamfield. In addition, the Santa Rosa Geysers Recharge Project has been built with capacity to potentially meet virtually all injection water requirements, when combined with these other sources. Figure 2.1 graphically depicts the combination of injection sources