Preliminary results of injecting highly treated sewage-plant effluent into a deep sand aquifer at Bay Park, New York

Abstract

Highly treated sewage-plant effluent is being injected into a sand aquifer at Bay Park, N.Y. Recharge is through a fiberglass-cased well finished with a gravel-packed 16-inch diameter stainless-steel screen set between 418 and 480 feet below land surface. The well is open to the Magothy aquifer of Late Cretaceous age. Maximum recharge rate thus far is 360 gallons per minute.