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Investigation of Ground Water Contamination by Fenamiphos and Atrazine in a Residential Area: Source and Distribution of Contamination
Author(s) -
Appleyard Stephen J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
groundwater monitoring and remediation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-6592
pISSN - 1069-3629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1995.tb00557.x
Subject(s) - contamination , environmental science , water source , groundwater , environmental engineering , water resource management , engineering , ecology , geotechnical engineering , biology
Ground water in a residential area of Perth. Western Australia, was contaminated with fenamiphos and atrazine. probably as a result of the storage and handling of these chemicals at a residential properly. Sampling of existing wells indicated that atrazine and fenamiphos concentrations in ground water beneath a neighboring property were 2000 μg/L and 1000 μg/L, respectively. Fenamiphos concentrations were sufficiently high to be toxic on prolonged skin contact, and contamination posed a public health threat to nearby residents with private wells. Management of the contamination problem included restricting ground water use in the area and using a recovery well to pump contaminated ground water.