Premium
Chemical Monitoring of Wisconsin's Groundwater
Author(s) -
Krill Robert M.,
Sonzogni William C.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1986.tb05812.x
Subject(s) - groundwater , contamination , environmental science , water well , sampling (signal processing) , groundwater contamination , environmental chemistry , contaminated groundwater , environmental engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , aquifer , geology , engineering , chemistry , ecology , biology , environmental remediation , geotechnical engineering , electrical engineering , filter (signal processing)
In the early 1980s, a series of limited special purpose investigations was initiated to determine whether certain chemicals were entering Wisconsin's groundwater and, if so, to determine their concentrations. Screening of 1174 community wells and 617 private wells showed that 65 community wells had detectable levels of volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) and that 5 community wells had concentrations above the recommended health advisory levels. Also 82 private wells had detectable levels of VOCs, 14 of which had concentrations above the health advisory. On the basis of these initial results, sampling near probable sources of contamination will be given more attention as contamination appears more site‐specific than widespread.