Health assessment for Groveland Wells, Groveland, Massachusetts, Region 1. CERCLIS No. MAD980732317. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Aug 06 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:7168906

The Groveland Wells Site includes three separate hazardous waste sites: A.W. Chesterton Company (70 acres), Valley Manufactured Products Company, Inc. (1.6 acres), and the former Haverhill Municipal Landfill (75 acres). Extensive multimedia sampling of the Groveland Wells Site revealed numerous contaminants, the more prevalent being volatile organic compounds. The principal contaminants included: trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and trans-1,2-dichloroethene. Although some contamination of surface waters and soils was evident, of primary concern is contamination of areal groundwaters which in the past supplied drinking water for the township. Closure of the supply wells in 1979 mitigated the primary exposure pathway, ingestion of contaminated groundwaters. Present, potential exposure appears to be limited to incidental ingestion of contaminated surface water during recreational contact. In order to mitigate future, chronic exposure to groundwater contaminants, insure Groveland's drinking water supply either originates from an uncontaminated source or is adequately treated to remove deleterious substances.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7168906
• Report Number(s): PB-90-136086/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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