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<br />':::> <br /> <br />':",' <br /> <br />..... <br />W <br />l"J <br />~ <br /> <br />El Dorado and Smackover areas discharge brines to some of the tributaries <br />of the Ouachita River. The greatest amount of brine is coming from fields <br />northeast of El Dorado, which are the old stripper fields that were developed <br />during the oil boom days of Arkansas, There is also a localized area near <br />Village, Arkansas, which has hiGh chloride content in the streams. however, <br />this condition should be corrected in the near future as underground dis- <br />posal of oil field brines is now being planned. <br /> <br />The Ouachita River is used as a source of domestic water supply, for <br />cooling waters for a steam generating plant and in many sections for fish- <br />ing. The quality of water in the stream can be improved in the localized <br />areas, which are now polluted, by the construction of proper facilities to <br />renove or reduce the stren!;l:h of the waste that is now being discharged. <br /> <br />Monroe, Louisiana developed Bayou DeSiard as an impounchnent supply <br />mainly because of the high chloride content of the Ouachita River caused <br />by oil field brines in Arkansas fields. <br /> <br />5 -18 <br />