H-Area Seepage Basins: Groundwater quality assessment report, Savannah River Site. Second quarter, 1990
During the second quarter of 1990 the wells which make up the H-Area Seepage Basins (H-HWMF) monitoring network were sampled. Laboratory analyses were performed to measure levels of hazardous constituents, indicator parameters, tritium, nonvolatile beta, and gross alpha. A Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) scan was performed on all wells sampled to determine any hazardous organic constituents present in the groundwater. The primary contaminants observed at wells monitoring the H-Area Seepage Basins are tritium, nitrate, mercury, gross alpha, nonvolatile beta, trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene, lead, cadmium, arsenic, and total radium. Concentrations of at least one of the following constituents: tritium, nitrate, total radium, gross alpha, nonvolatile beta, mercury, lead, cadmium, trichloroethylene chromium, and arsenic in excess of the primary drinking water standard (PDWS) were observed in at least one well monitoring the H-Area Seepage Basins. Elevated levels of tritium above the PDWS were exhibited in seventy-seven of the 105 (73%) groundwater monitoring wells. Elevated levels of nitrate in excess of the PDWS were exhibited in forty-four of the 105 (42%) monitoring wells.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 10152128
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-TR-90-368; ON: DE92015258
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Sep 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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STORAGE FACILITIES
GROUND WATER
WATER QUALITY
HYDROLOGY
NITRATES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
TRITIUM
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
GROUND DISPOSAL
PROGRESS REPORT
MONITORING
FLOW RATE
EXPLORATORY WELLS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
COMPILED DATA
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540250
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WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE
CHEMICALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT