Four Mile Creek semi-annual sampling report, July 1992 sampling event

Technical Report · Wed Oct 14 04:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6660508· OSTI ID:6660508

From 1955 to 1988 low-level radioactive wastewater generated by chemical separation processes within the General Separations Area (GSA) were discharged to seepage basins in the F and H Areas of the Savannah River Site (SRS). These basins were designed to permit the infiltration of the process wastewaters. As wastewater percolated downward through the basins, chemical and radioactive constituents were retained or delayed in the subsoils. An extensive study aimed at characterizing the groundwater seeping into Four Mile Creek and its associated seepline was conducted in 1988 and 1989 (Haselow et al. 1990). Results of this study suggested that contaminants leaching from the F and H Area seepage basins were impacting the Four Mile Creek wetland system.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States); Metcalf and Eddy, Inc., Wakefield, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 6660508
• Report Number(s): WSRC-TR-92-559; ON: DE93006326
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540230* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540330 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
COMPILED DATA
CONTAMINATION
DATA
DISSOLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FIELD TESTS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
LEACHING
LIQUID WASTES
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REDOX POTENTIAL
SAMPLING
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SEEPS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
TESTING
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER