Hydrologic conditions related to subsurface and surface disposal of wastes in Hawaii / Kiyoshi J. Takasaki.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Takasaki, K. J. (Kiyoshi J.), author.

Contributor:

Geological Survey (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

Water-resources investigations ; 74-1.

Water-resources investigations ; 74-1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrology--Hawaii.

Hydrology.

Sewage disposal--Hawaii.

Sewage disposal.

Waste disposal in the ground--Hawaii.

Waste disposal in the ground.

Hawaii.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (5 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1974.

Summary:

Report on the general geologic and hydrologic conditions that are characteristic of the Hawaiian Islands and relations between waste disposal and ground-water aquifers, specific to the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, and Oahu with narratives and maps.

Contents:

Geologic and hydrologic environment

The rocks and their water-bearing properties

Ground-water occurrence and development

Ground-water and related waste-water circulation

Ground-water storage related to waste disposal

Summary of rock types and their characteristics for receiving wastes

Land development of waste-disposal practices Land development and waste-disposal practices as of December 1972

State and local policy related to subsurface disposal of wastes as of December 1972

Need for baseline data and guidelines

Map: subsurface and surface waste-disposal practice on Maui

Map: subsurface and surface waste-disposal practice on the Island of Hawaii

Map: subsurface and surface waste-disposal practice on Kauai

Map: subsurface and surface waste-disposal practice on Oahu.

Notes:

Description based on online version, title from title screen (USGS, viewed November 18, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version: Takasaki, K.J. Hydrologic conditions related to subsurface and surface disposal of wastes in Hawaii

OCLC:

963251295