Neil V. Maimer
Gordon W. Rattray
Jason C. Fisher
Roy C. Bartholomay
2017
<div class="page" title="Page 13"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Since 1952, wastewater discharged to in ltration ponds </span><span>(also called percolation ponds) and disposal wells at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has affected water quality in the eastern Snake River Plain (ESRP) aquifer and perched </span><span>groundwater zones underlying the INL. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Department </span><span>of Energy, maintains groundwater-monitoring networks at the INL to determine hydrologic trends and to delineate the movement of radiochemical and chemical wastes in </span><span>the aquifer and in perched groundwater zones. This report </span><span>presents an analysis of water-level and water-quality data collected from the ESRP aquifer, multilevel monitoring system (MLMS) wells in the ESRP aquifer, and perched groundwater </span><span>wells in the USGS groundwater monitoring networks during </span><span>2012-15. </span></p><p><span></span></p></div><div class="column"><div class="page" title="Page 14"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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10.3133/sir20175021
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U.S. Geological Survey
An update of hydrologic conditions and distribution of selected constituents in water, eastern Snake River Plain aquifer and perched groundwater zones, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, emphasis 2012-15
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