23Required number and location of groundwater-monitoring wells

23 Required number and location of groundwater-monitoring wells

For the purposes of this Division, a sufficient number of suitably located groundwater-monitoring wells are installed in respect of a storage system if there are enough wells, and the wells are placed in suitable locations, so as to enable –

(a) the detection of petroleum that may be lost from the storage system into any groundwater aquifer in the vicinity of the storage system; and

(b) the identification of the local groundwater flow direction in any aquifer in the vicinity of the storage system.