Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 445A - Water Controls
UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL
Construction, Operation, Monitoring and Abandonment
Section 445A.918 - Tests for mechanical integrity: Methods for determining absence of movement of fluid

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 445A.918

Current through September 16, 2024

One of the following methods must be used in the test for mechanical integrity to determine the absence of significant movement of fluid into an underground source of drinking water through a vertical channel adjacent to the well bore:

1. The results of a survey of the temperature or noise of a well.

2. Records of cementing which demonstrate the presence of adequate cement behind the casing to prevent migration of fluid.

3. In an appropriate hydrogeologic setting, a survey using a radioactive tracer, which must be used in conjunction with at least one of the other alternatives.

Added to NAC by Environmental Comm'n, eff. 7-22-87-Substituted in revision for NAC 445.42745

NRS 445A.425, 445A.465, 445A.660

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