Sorta under the radar here as well –
from DEC site – Brine Disposal Well Summary –
first 3 are the active disposal wells, others for storage
– click on link, then click on searchable database and hit view map for location-
I am in process today of drafting inquiry letter for reports mandated by EPA – got very vague answers last year from Linda Collart on Quill disposal well 1800′ deep 3/4 mile from Cayuga Lake –
“No “drilling waste” taken, migration impossible, pressure is very low, biggest problem is truck traffic.”
Yet there are two large tanks labeled PRODUCED WATER/BRINE near that well – wouldn’t that be drilling waste?
I think one of the biggest problems is the fuzzy words thrown around by agencies – vague by design – won’t find a lot of these in glossaries of EPA nor DEC –
Brine
Formation water – naturally occurring but ‘brine’ used interchangably –
Waste Water
Frack Waste
Drilling Waste
Flowback Fluid
NG liquids
synonyms all? keep coming back to that conclusion –
Quill disposal well town of Cayuga –
Just what and how much is going down there?
Will more Queenston wells be flipped for disposal? There are scores dotting Cayuga County. Is there a public notification process for this?
Agencies make a big deal of inspections for casing standards and integrity of disposal wells – just how do construction standards of these wells really matter? the concrete and steel WILL eventually fail. And when the fluids are being injected into a porous layer? nothing is containing them but the geology…(faults? fractures? abandoned wells? ) hard to figure how these make sense at a mere 640′, 1080′ and 1800 feet deep.
If anyone knows anything please share. Will post my query to the agencies when I finish later. I’ve got a lot of questions.
MaryM
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