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Public health assessment for Pomona Oaks Well Contamination, Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey, Region 2. Cerclis No. NJD980769350. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:26340
The Pomona Oaks Well Contamination site is a residential community consisting of approximately 200 single family homes. In 1982, residents complained to the Atlantic County Health Department (ACHD) regarding foul tasting well water, and subsequent investigation by the ACHD, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) confirmed ground-water contamination by volatile organic compounds (most notably; benzene, 1,2-dichloroethane) at concentrations exceeding standards for drinking water. The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) consider the Pomona Oaks site to have presented a public health hazard based upon past exposure.
Research Organization:
New Jersey State Dept. of Health, Trenton, NJ (United States)
OSTI ID:
26340
Report Number(s):
PB--95-172854/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English