Minimum requirements for monitor wells.
Effective May 12, 200834 SDR 279Source: 8 SDR 71, effective December 24, 1981; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 141, effective July 1, 1987; transferred from § 74:03:11:40, July 1, 1996; 34 SDR 279, effective May 12, 2008. | General Authority: SDCL 34A-2-93(15). | Law Implemented: SDCL 34A-2-44.
In determining the number, location, and frequency of sampling of the monitor wells the following shall be considered:
- (1) Whether or not any person is relying on the underground source of drinking water affected or potentially affected by the injection operation;
- (2) The proximity of the injection operation to points of withdrawal of drinking water;
- (3) The local geology and hydrology;
- (4) The operating pressures and whether a negative pressure gradient is being maintained;
- (5) The toxicity and volume of the injected fluid, the formation water, and the process by-products; and
- (6) The density of the injection wells.
Source: 8 SDR 71, effective December 24, 1981; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 141, effective July 1, 1987; transferred from § 74:03:11:40, July 1, 1996; 34 SDR 279, effective May 12, 2008.
General Authority: SDCL 34A-2-93(15).
Law Implemented: SDCL 34A-2-44.