Paper: Why is water quality important How do you monitor water quality

Water quality is becoming a larger issue for the producer, as water production increases. Poor water quality in injection water can create plugging and loss of injectivity. It also can result in a loss of revenue due to re-injection of hydrocarbons. This paper will discuss issues of water quality. It will also detail how to develop effective monitoring locations and how to interpret results of water quality tests to determine effective treatment. Examples of actual production data will be provided to illustrate how improving water quality will result in increased revenue to the producer.