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Experience With Injection Wells for Artificial Ground Water Recharge: Task Group Report
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1965.tb01444.x
Subject(s) - groundwater recharge , injection well , groundwater , hydrology (agriculture) , shore , geology , bay , saltwater intrusion , intrusion , environmental science , wastewater , water resource management , environmental engineering , petroleum engineering , aquifer , geotechnical engineering , oceanography , geochemistry
Injection wells can be used for artificial recharge of groundwater reservoirs, but because of the high cost of recharge by this method, they are usually used only where some other benefit is derived as well. Injection wells are used to create a pressure barrier against saline‐water intrusion underground; they are sometimes used for disposal of wastewater, including storm water, cooling water, and reclaimed wastewater. The use of injection wells is limited by two factors: their relatively small capacity; and, the high cost of the method (under conditions of use in California, with which this report is primarily concerned) compared to that of surface‐spreading systems. Much of the discussion in this article is based on experience gained from twelve injection wells, most of which have been operated for more than 11 years by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District to block underground seawater intrusion near the shoreline of Santa Monica Bay in California.