Title:
CHANGES IN THE HANFORD GROUND WATER TABLE - 1944-1955
Subject Terms:
GEOLOGYGROUNDWATERHANFORD WORKSRADIATION AND RADIATION PROTECTIONWASTE DISPOSAL
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Publication Date:
1955 Dec 01
Declassification Date:
1967 Apr 12
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Accession Number:
RL-1-363031
Document Number(s):
HW-40469
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 28
Description/Abstract:
APPRECIABLE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE GROUND WATER TABLE DURING ELEVEN YEARS OF HANFORD OPERATION. PRESENTS A SET OF GROUND WATER TABLE CONTOUR MAPS WHICH SHOW THE CONFORMATION OF THE GROUND WATER TABLE OF SUCCESSIVE STAGES OF OPERATION AND THE APPOXIMATE VOLUME RELEASED AT EACH SWAMP SITE AS OF THE DATE OF EACH MAP. THE TABLE BELOW 200 WEST AREA ROSE 95 FEET AND THE 200 EAST AREA MOUND ROSE ABOUT 15 FEET AND BEGAN TO FALL. PUREX DISPOSAL WILL RAISE THE WATER TABLE.