Belle Glade

The pH of formation waters in the Frio formation varies widely from moderately acidic (5.7) to moderately alkaline (8.2), with nearly neutral averages (6.8). The pH of formation waters from other injection sites tends to be more alkaline, ranging from slightly alkaline (Belle Glade, Florida, pH 7.5) and moderately alkaline (Wilmington, North Carolina, pH 8.6), to very alkaline (Marshall, Illinois, pH 7.1 to 10.7). 

Belle Glade Carbonate Hot acid Organic plant wastes Neutralization Bacterial sulfate reduction Methane production... 

Case Study No. 3 Belle Glade, FL 20.7.3.1 Injection-Facility Overview... 

The Belle Glade site, located southeast of Lake Okeechobee in south-central Florida, illustrates some of the problems that can develop with acidic-waste injection when carbonate rock is the confining layer. Contributing factors to the contamination of the aquifer above the confining zone were the dissolution of the carbonate rock and the difference in density between the injected wastes and the formation fluids. The injected waste was less dense than the groundwater because of its lower salinity and higher temperature.172... 

Mckenzie, D.J., Injection of Acidic Industrial Waste into the Roridan Aquifer near Belle Glade, Florida Upward Migration and Geochemical Interactions, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 76-626, 1976. 

In the nineteen sixties, after having used their original batch process for some 40 years, QUAKER OATS built a revolutionary continuously operating furfural plant in Belle Glade, Florida. Although this plant ceased operation in 1997, it was a milestone in furfural technology. 

Belle Glade, Florida is a peculiar place. It s not the end of the world, but you can see it from there. They have heat, humidity, mosquitoes, roaches, flies, gnats, rattle-... 

Hydrogen peroxide to the rescue. Emery Industries of Cincinnati, Ohio is installing its first major ozone treatment system in Belle Glade. Ozone is 03. It breaks down into water and oxygen (H202 and 02) just like hydrogen peroxide. 

In August 1994, more than 500 people in Belle Glade, Florida were contaminated with metallic mercury after three children found 55 lbs (25 kg) of metallic mercury which had been dumped. The children took the mercury home to play with it and 20 families had to be evacuated while their homes were decontaminated. 

FIGURE 3.18 Soil subsidence due to oxidation of organic matter. (Location Everglades Research and Education Center, University of Elorida, Belle Glade, EL.)... 

Materials. Dellgnifled native ramie fibers were obtained from Allison of U.S.D.A., Belle Glade, FL. Mercerized... 

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