Health assessment for South Municipal Water Supply Well, Hillsborough County, Peterborough, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, Region 1. CERCLIS No. NHD980671069. Final report
The South Municipal Water Supply Well Site is on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Priorities List (NPL). The site area is in a rural portion of the Contoocook River Valley approximately two miles south of downtown Peterborough, New Hampshire. The site consists of two areas: the South Well, located approximately 350 feet east of the Contoocook River, and the New Hampshire Ball Bearing Inc. (NHBB) manufacturing facility and associated property. Improper disposal practices at NHBB led to contamination of on-site soil, groundwater, and surface water from volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and contamination of sediment from VOCs, metals, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). It is not presently clear whether soil contaminants are volatilizing into the ambient air. Off-site contamination includes low levels of VOCs in surface water, PCBs and PAHs in sediments, and VOCs in groundwater. Based on the information reviewed, the authors have concluded that the South Municipal Water Supply Site is of potential public health concern under current conditions because of the potential risk to human health resulting from possible exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse health effects.
- Research Organization:
- New Hampshire Dept. of Health and Human Services, Concord, NH (USA). Environmental Health Risk Assessment Unit
- OSTI ID:
- 6602844
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-250432/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
FEDERAL REGION I
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
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HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
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REMEDIAL ACTION
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SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
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