74:55:01:40Minimum requirements for monitor wells.
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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.