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<br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />..... <br /><n <br />__I <br />o <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Salinity Update <br /> <br /> <br />October 1988 <br /> <br />Paradox Vallev <br />. <br />work resumes ill <br />Colorado <br /> <br />Construction rl'SUnl('S on th(' in- <br />sldlltltion of lhl' injt-'ction tube (or <br />the Paradox Valll'Y L'nH dl'l'P in- <br />tL"'Clion lest wl'll. Tht' injection Il'SI <br />well \\'clS compkll'J to a lolal <br />depth of J.bolll 16,000 il-'t'(. ]t was <br />c1o~>d and C.1ppl'J and thl' drill <br />rig dism,lntk"i. <br /> <br />ThL' EnvirlmmcntJI Protl'rtion <br />Agency (EPA) continuL's to <br />monitor the ErA.issuoo Until't- <br />ground Injection Control (UIC) <br />permit and has dl'tL'rmim."'d Ih,ll <br />thL' as+buih \wIJ is Jd"'luJ.te 10 <br />meet the dL'sign criteria. <br /> <br />The S-l/:! inch sIX'Cial high <br />nickel alloy in;"''Clion string WilS <br />ordered and produced in <br />Hereford, England, and in <br />Huntington, West Virginia. The <br />tubing Siring was thrt'dded in <br />Alabama and is currently aWditing <br />delivery as nel..-.J.(.....1. 1'11(' injl'Ction <br />well ~o. 1 should ~ complL,tl' by <br />latl~ 1988. <br /> <br />Construction 01 the ';-mill' brine <br />pipeline was complell'd in <br />September 1988. The brim' <br />pireline will lrdnsport the brine <br />(rom the production well fk'ld to <br />the disJXl!Hll well. Thl' :,urface <br />treatment building is compll'te <br />and the wl'llhead inj<-'ction build- <br />ing constructIOn is underw.1Y. <br />This injection building \\'iI1 hous...' <br />thrt.'C 1600 hor~;,.'power high <br />pressure pumps. <br /> <br />Following compk'liDn of the <br />injC<'hon \\'ellthl~ surfacl' f,ld\ilk's <br />\\.i11 nl't....1 to lx' compk-'ll"'i, hook(oJ <br /> <br />'l--. - '..-..--'. <br />'_ I '";-- d:,- ttft!/ <br />"l.A~. <br />~.- . .. ~ <br />------- <br /> <br />"-. <br />- <br /> <br />C-/f. S.~. <!J <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />U.S. Department of the Interior <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />A Quarterl). Report on the <br />Colorado River Water Quality <br />Improvement Program <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br />:1 <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Vll'W of the briO" l11J<'cnon factlily. In lhl.' fon'ground I!> the spill pr,'v..ntlOn pond <br />Thl.' n'hd hnl.' which pl'nNutl'<; th.. I1l'cdbl.. m..mbune p:md Ilnl.'f IS \1sibI1.'. The brine <br />lnjl'>;!10n pumps WIll 00 us.-.J to pump lh.. Parado>. Vall..~. brin.. into lnj<..'Ction Tl'St \\'ell <br />;";0 1 <1t an <1nll.1pall>d Ule of 650 gallons p<.'f minule. Normal opera lion will utilize t-.o,.o <br />pumps Inlh th.. lhlrd as a backup_ <br /> <br />up to the well .1Ild Il'sll"d. Ifi.'cp <br />well injection is expt:'Ct(xi to slart <br />Mound ll1id-~umn'll'r of 1989. <br /> <br />A contract was initialLxi with <br />th(' D....partment of Energy .md lhe <br />U.s. Gl'Ologh:al Survey to .malyzl' <br />th(' injl'Clion brme .m.1 rcsidl'nl for- <br />m.ltion brinl' in the well to deter- <br />mine if th(' brines ,ue compatible <br />for injection. Initial determination <br />appt'ars to be Sdtisfactory. <br /> <br />EPA is currently n.'\.iewing <br />proposed Ch.lOgl'S in thL' monitor- <br />ing systl'ms. In ,lJdilion, EP A <br />will rl'dl'w injection zone compll'-- <br />lion data, Jnd monitor initial com- <br />patibilit~. studIes .mJ t('~t Tl'sults <br /> <br />to a:,sure thatlhe \...('11 functions as <br />pl.lnned. <br /> <br />Lower Gunnison <br />Basin <br /> <br />PrC'COnslruction funds for FY <br />1989 have been approwd for thl' <br />winter water portion of the Lower <br />Gunnison Basin Unit. ~lonk-'S in <br />the amount of $250,(X)J would bt:> <br />obligJtcJ. to the Uncompahgre <br />VallL'V Watt'r Users Association to <br />colll-.ct dl'sign dJtJ on their system <br />III prt:'p.uation for construction. <br />