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Deep Well References

Ward, D.S., J.W. Mercer, and L.L. August, 1992. Analysis of groundwater flow and injection waste transport in the Floridan Aquifer near Pensacola, Florida, Ground Water, 30(3): 403-414.

Reeves, M., D.S. Ward, P.A. Davis, and E.J. Bonano, 1987. SWIFT II Self-Teaching Curriculum: Illustrative Problems for the Sandia Waste-Isolation Flow and Transport Model for Fractured Media, NUREG/CR- 3925, SAND84-1586 Revision, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico. (1.2 MB Adobe)

Reeves, M., D.S. Ward, N.D. Johns, and R.M. Cranwell, 1986. Data Input Guide for SWIFT II, The Sandia Waste-Isolation Flow and Transport Model for Fractured Media, Release 4.84, NUREG/CR-3162, SAND83-0242, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Reeves, M., D.S. Ward, N.D. Johns, and R.M. Cranwell, 1986. Theory and implementation for SWIFT II, The Sandia Waste-Isolation Flow and Transport Model for Fractured Media, Release 4.84, NUREG/CR-3328, SAND83-1159, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Ward, D.S., T.D. Wadsworth, D.R. Buss, and J.W. Mercer, 1986. Analysis of potential failure mechanisms pertaining to hazardous waste injection in the Texas Gulf Coast Region, Journal of the Underground Injection Practices Council, 1:120-152.

Ward, D.S., M. Reeves, and L.E. Duda, 1984. Verification and Field Comparison of the Sandia Waste-Isolation Flow and Transport (SWIFT) model, NUREG/CR- 3316, SAND83-1154, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Vincent, A.H., D.S. Ward, and A.L. Harrover, 1992. Advanced model application to the long-term waste migration from deep injection wells, Proceedings of National Ground Water Association Conference on Solving Groundwater Problems with Models, Dallas, Texas, February 11-13.

Ward, D.S., 1991. Immiscible waste migration in fractured media using capillary pressure and relative permeability relationships derived from aperture distribution, Abstract, American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, (May 28-31), Baltimore, Maryland.

Stan, P., and D.S. Ward, 1991. Numerical study of lateral waste movement in Class I hazardous waste wells, Abstract, American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, (May 28-31), Baltimore, Maryland.

Ward, D.S., P. Srinivasan, and J.W. Mercer, 1988. Stochastic simulation of injected waste permeation into the confining zone, Abstract, American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.

Ward, D.S., D.R. Buss, D.M. Morganwalp, and T.D. Wadsworth, 1987. Waste Confinement Performance of Deep Injection Wells, Solving Groundwater Problems with Models, Denver, Colorado, February 10-12.

Ward, D.S., J. Benegar, November 1998. Data Input Guide for SWIFT-98, Release 2.57, Sterling, Virginia.

Ward, D.S., A.L. Harrover, A.H. Vincent, and B.H. Lester, 1993. Data Input Guide for SWIFT/486, Release 2.54, Sterling, Virginia.

Ward, D.S., A.L. Harrover and A.H. Vincent, 1993. Data Input Guide for SWIFT/486, Release 2.53, Sterling, Virginia.

Ward, D.S., D.R. Buss, and T.D. Wadsworth, 1987. A numerical simulation evaluation of deep injection wells for waste confinement performance, prepared for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Drinking Water, Washington, D.C.

Ward, D.S., D.R. Buss, T.D. Wadsworth, J. Rosenblum, and S. Shaw, 1986. Numerical simulation for waste injection in deep wells: Phase I - Potential failure scenarios, Texas Gulf Coast, prepared for EPA, Office of Drinking Water, Washington, D.C.

GeoTrans, Inc., and CorSTAR Research, Inc., 1984. Draft Report: Benchmarking of flow and transport codes for licensing assistance, vols. 1 and 2, prepared for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.

Class I Underground Injection Control Program: Study of the Risks Associated with Class I Underground Injection Wells, US EPA, Office of Water, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, March 2001, (553 KB) 113 p.

Warner, Don L. and Jay H. Lehr, An Introduction to the Technology of Subsurface Wastewater Injection, December 1977, EPA-600/2-77/240, 345 p.

Many historical EPA UIC documents are available at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/qry_smallAllUIC_Files.html