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BOX 3.9 Continued
MGSC monitoring well
MGSC injection and geophone wells
0.5 mile
Figure 2 Location of MGSC monitoring well and injection and geophone wells. SOURCE: Illinois Depart-
ment of Transportation, November 8, 2010.
in the subsurface. Microseismic monitoring is accomplished in both the injection well and a specially drilled
microseismic monitoring well. A network for detecting and reporting microseismic events greater than an
established magnitude has been installed. The installed array at the IBDP site detected a M 3.8 event near
Elgin, Illinois, in February 2010, more than a year before the first CO 2 injection. As part of their efforts to
develop the CCS projects, the DOE and its collaborators have undertaken a very organized campaign of
public outreach and education (see NETL, 2009).