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Deep well injection operations represent one of the available methods of waste disposal. Approximately 14 million tons of liquid wastes in United States were injected into the subsurface in 1988 [Hanson, 1989]; the majority of the hazardous waste injection wells were located along the Gulf Coast and near the Great Lakes. The location of these wells often coincided with areas where oil and gas related explorations had been performed; the exploration efforts provided abundant data on the subsurface formations which were found to be environmentally safe for injection of wastes. The largest user of hazardous waste injection wells in the United States was noted to be the chemical industry [U.S.EPA, 1985]. Deep well injection programs are used in several countries including Canada and Greece. The environmental regulations for hazardous wastes which are presently being drafted in Turkey envision the use of deep well injection programs.
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Avci, C.B. (1996). Monitoring of Leakage in Subsurface Injection of Liquid Industrial Wastes. In: Aral, M.M. (eds) Advances in Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation. NATO ASI Series, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0205-3_9
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