
Westwater Farms Redux
August 13, 2012
Update: This facility was transfered to a company called Armada Water, which declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May of 2017.
- February, 2017 - Produced Water Facilities at Harley Dome& Danish Flats Falter Under Impact of Oil & Gas Market Decline. Times-Independent.
- May, 2017 - Armada Water bankruptcy case
About a year ago Westwater Farms fouled their original injection well with precipitates and the capacity of the well was significantly reduced. Hence, the company has decided to drill another well on their property to restore their original hoped for capacity. The original well will be used for injection of fracking fluids as necessary and it will also be used to monitor the movement of injected fluids, in case the fluids mght migrate toward the Colorado River.
In the last year, WWF has also experienced financial problems concerning the payment of property taxes and for operation fees to Grand County.
The applicant for the new injection well is New Water Financial, LLC from Fort Collins, CO.
New Water Financial is also applying for a water discharge permit from the Department of Water Quality, and for the purpose of irrigating crops with fracking fluids treated by reverse osmosis.
The public meeting for the discharge permit is scheduled for Monday, September 10, 2012, 6:00 p.m., at the Grand Center on 182 North 500 West.
Public comments must be submitted by September 17, 2012 via post or email to:
- Mr. Matthew Garn
- UPDES Engineering Section
- Utah Division of Water Quality
- PO Box 144870
- Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4870
- email: mgarn@utah.gov
- 801-536-4381
Admin record for Division of Water Quality
- Public Notice for public meeting for water discharge permit with Department of Water Quality (DWQ)
- Harley Dome 1 ADR. DWQ.
- Harley Dome 1 PN. DWQ.
- Harley Dome 1 WLA. DWQ.
- Harley Dome WestWater 2012 Permit. DWQ.
- Harley Dome Westwater FSSOB 2012. DWQ.
- Monitoring Report of Wingate Sandstone in Ruby Canyon
Admin Record for Utha Division of Oil, Gas and Mining
- Report from geologist David Allin for new injection well
- Motion for Agency Action by WWF
- Motion by WWF for formal meeting only (bypass informal hearing)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Grand County
Utah State
- Home page
- Well information search
- Public records: Utah Oil, Gas & Mining. (Username and password is ogmguest)
Wastewater (fracking fluids)
- EPA web site on hydraulic fracturing.
- 2004 - Oil & Gas impacts to water resources in New Mexico. Shomaker & Assoc.
- 2008 - Health risks of oil & gas development. University of Colorado.
- 2008 - Conclusions & recommendations of white paper. University of Colorado.
- 2008 - Chemical analysis of gas production wells. ExCel file here. The Endrocrine Disruption Exchange.
- 2011 - Hydraulic fracking chemicals. US Congress.
- Fracking chemicals. HCN.
Other Harley Dome and Westwater Area Facilities
- 2006 - Modifications at Harley Dome
- Summit Operating LLC at Harley Dome & (News clipping)
- 2009 - Summit Operating Permit Application
Hydrocarbon Heaven Cisco Development
- 2008 - Hydrocarbon Heaven? Kamala.
WESTWATER FARMS ADMIN RECORD
Class II Injection Well Application
- USGS topo map of Harley Dome and Bitter Creek
- Satellite image of Harley Dome and Bitter Creek
- USGS topo with potential monitoring wells located
- Abandoned wells in 1/2 mile radius
- Satellite image with potential monitoring wells located
- Map of affected area
- 2009 - Application to drill; Wastewater injection rules.
- 2009 - Westwater Farms hydrogeology report. Wayne Downs.
- 2009 - Letter from citizen groups. Proposed operations at Westwater Farms.
- 2010 - Photos of Westwater Farms
- 2010 - Request for formal hearing
- 2010 - Motion for formal hearing
- Public Notice: November, 2010.
- 2010 - MAP: Harley Dome and Westwater Area
- 2010 - Staff Report: Grand County Planning Commission
- 2010 - Audio of Westwater Farms Public Hearing (Dec. 8)
- 2011 - County planning approves conditional use permit (Times-Independent Jan. 27)
- 2011 - County schedules Westwater Farms vote for March 1. (Times-Independent)
- 2012 - Administrative Record. UDOGM.
Stewart Environmental Consultants (Westwater Farms Partner)
- 2009 - Beneficial Use of Produced Water. IPEC.
- 2010 - Presentation to Grand County Planning
- 2010 - Conditional Use Permit Application
- Map of affected area
- Pre-treatment schematic
- Water Chemistry Memo
- Injection Well Monitoring Program
- Down's Geologic Report
- Injection Well Monitoring Program
- Memo Response Letter
- Ordinance Report Part 01
- Ordinance Report Part 02
- Permit Application Part 01
- Permit Application Part 02
- Permit Application (searchable pdf)
- Permit Review Letter. Fish and Wildlife Service.
- Protest Letter. BLM.
- Protest Withdrawal. BLM.
- UDOGM Staff Memo.
- Westwater Canyon Monitoring Letter (19 Nov 2010)
- Log for Westwater Harley Dome. Halliburton.
Westwater Farms in the news
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
- NGO Comments on Air Quality from Oil and Gas Development in Dixie Nat. Forest
- Endrocrine Disruption Exchange
NEWS
- ProRepublica series on environmental threats from the oil & gas industry.
- 11/12/09 - Times-Independent: County enacts production water moratorium.
- 10/01/09 - Reuters:Water worries threaten US push for natural gas
- 9/24/09 - Times-Independent: Overspray caused by Danish Flats evaporation device violates law, state oversight agency says.
- 8/09/09 - Associated Press: Colorado landowners wary of effort to resume drilling.
- 11/17/08 - Denver Post: Drilling process causes water supply alarm.
- 10/21/10 - Salt Lake Tribune. Ozone raises its ugly head in rural Utah.
- 10/25/10 - ENN. Fracking shown to mobilize Uranium in Marcellus Shale.

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