Geysers spewed a mixture of natural gas and saltwater. Reportedly the saltwater had chloride concentrations as high as 44,000 mg/L. A groundwater monitoring plan has been designed and initiated.
Note: KDHE and City well locations to be added
GROUNDWATER MONITORING SCHEDULE FOR THE EQUUS BEDS AQUIFER Prepared by the Kansas Geological Survey, City of Hutchinson, Kansas
Gas Service, Equus Beds Groundwater |
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Monitoring Task | Task Description | Frequency * | Task Responsibility | Funding |
I GROUND-WATER LEVELS | 1) Equus Beds (EB) monitoring wells | Quarterly | GMD2 | GMD2 |
2) Hutchinson (HUT) monitoring wells | Quarterly | HUT | HUT | |
3) KDHE UST (UST) monitoring wells | Quarterly | KDHE | KDHE | |
II WATER QUALITY | 1) Sample Equus Beds C-zone monitoring wells | Quarterly | GMD2 | GMD2 |
2) Sample City of Hutchinson NW and In-town supply wells |
Quarterly | HUT | HUT | |
3) Inorganic chemistry analyses of Equus Beds C-zone monitoring wells |
Initial | Servi-Tech Laboratory | GS | |
4) Inorganic chemistry analyses of City of Hutchinson NW and In-town supply wells |
Initial | Servi-Tech Laboratory | GS | |
5) Chloride and Specific Conductance analyses of Equus Beds C-zone monitoring wells | Quarterly | Servi-Tech Laboratory | GS | |
6) Chloride and Specific Conductance analyses of City of Hutchinson NW and In-town supply wells | Quarterly | Servi-Tech Laboratory | GS | |
III. NATURAL GAS | 1) Monitor EB, HUT, UST monitoring wells | Initial--weekly for a month | GS, KDHE | GS, KDHE |
2) Monitor EB, HUT, UST monitoring wells | Monthly | GS, KDHE | GS, KDHE |
Explanation:
Locations of groundwater monitoring sites (solid circles) and surface
water data collection points (triangles) in the Equus Beds Mineral Intrusion area |
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Southwest to northeast cross section through Willowbrook-Partridge
transect (see map above) showing thickness and character of unconsolidated sediments composing the Equus Beds aquifer. |
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