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Potential for Ground-Water Contamination from Deep Well Injection of Produced Waters in the Salt Basin, New Mexico
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Potential for Ground-Water Contamination from Deep Well Injection of Produced Waters in the Salt Basin, New Mexico |
| Creator | Luna, Melanie L. |
| Subject | Otero Mesa Salt Basin Otero Break Chihuahua Desert Deep well injection Fluid mineral leasing Natural gas |
| Description | A Professional Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Water Resources, Hydroscience Concentration, Water Resources Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2005. The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) recent approval for fluid mineral leasing on public lands the Salt Basin, New Mexico, introduces extensive development and underground injection disposals with no special provisions for the protection of ground-water resources. Included in these lands is Otero Mesa, a Chihuahuan desert grassland home to a variety of flora and fauna. The Salt Basin is underlain with a high-density fractured limestone aquifer and a prominent structural feature referred to... |
| Date | 2009-05-11T09:48:13Z 2009-05-11T09:48:13Z 2009-05-11T09:48:13Z |
| Type | Other |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/1928/9235 |
| Language | en_US |
