US 7,320,559 B2 | ||
System and method for dispersing of coal bed sodic water | ||
John W. Zupancic, Dodge City, Kans. (US); Jacob W. Roenbaugh, Haviland, Kans. (US); Glenn A. Mull, Pawnee Rock, Kans. (US); and Charles M. Nicholson, Dodge City, Kans. (US) | ||
Assigned to BeneTerra, LLC, Pratt, Kans. (US) | ||
Filed on Jul. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/181,516. | ||
Prior Publication US 2007/0012609 A1, Jan. 18, 2007 | ||
Int. Cl. E02B 13/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 405—43 [405/37; 405/51] | 12 Claims |
1. A method for subsurface drip irrigation dispersal of sodic water from a coal bed seam, the method comprising:
calculating a land surface area below which the sodic water dispersal system is to be placed;
determining a concentration of total dissolved solids contained in the sodic water;
determining a concentration of total dissolved solids in the aquifer proximate the land surface area;
developing a sodic water dispersal system configuration and dispersal sequence that limits the increase in the concentration
of total dissolved solids in the aquifer to no more than five hundred percent;
installing the sodic water dispersal system in the land area in accordance with the developed system configuration; and
pumping sodic water from the coal bed seam into the configured dispersal system in accordance with the developed dispersal
sequence.
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