Groundwater and Produced Water Quality of the Permian Basin, Southeast New Mexico.

摘要

The objective of this project is to use existing groundwater and produced water databases to describe the groundwater chemistry of geologic formations, to map the geochemical distributions and trends of solutes, and to discover where, and in which formations, groundwater flushing (in which relatively fresh water moves through a formation, eventually replacing the original saline brine) is taking place. The two main databases are used for this purpose include the State Engineer's groundwater quality database, and the USGS database of produced water. Although trends are present, water quality in both databases is highly variable within formations and short sampling distances. Locations for three geologic cross sections across Lea and Eddy counties were chosen after sample distribution was mapped.