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An Emergency Hydrogeologic Evaluation of a Chemical Dump Site
Author(s) -
Reuter Greg J.,
Saunders Wayne R.,
Dalton Richard F.,
Althoff William F.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1983.tb00759.x
Subject(s) - hydrogeology , aquifer , groundwater , contamination , environmental science , water table , emergency response , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental engineering , waste management , geology , engineering , geotechnical engineering , medicine , ecology , medical emergency , biology
In latter 1979, approximately 200 drums of assorted waste chemicals were dumped in a rural area of southern New Jersey. The spill site is underlain by a water‐table aquifer which is the source of potable water throughout the general area. Emergency response personnel of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) began a surface cleanup soon after the dumping, and requested Department geologists to investigate the dump site. An integrated approach combining drilling and sampling, downhole logging, surface resistivity, ground‐water conductivity and laboratory analyses for the common organic solvents was used to promptly assess ground‐water contamination and the controlling hydrogeology. Using routine hydrogeologic techniques and standard field equipment, within four months the emergency spill had been assessed by Department geologists and the outlines of a ground‐water decontamination program were evident.