Public health assessment for Tutu Wellfield, St. Thomas, St. Thomas County, Virgin Islands. Cerclis No. VID982272569. Final report

Technical Report · Tue May 14 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:253990

The Tutu Wellfield National Priorities List (NPL) site is in east-central St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Island. Twenty-two wells in the Turpentine Run Basin contain at minimum a trace of volatile organic contaminants. Volatile and chlorinated hydrocarbons including benzene; toluene; 1,2-trans-dichloroethene (DCE); trichloroethene (TCE); and tetrachloroethene (PCE) were detected in several of the wells. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has concluded that the Tutu Wellfield National Priorities List (NPL) site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, poses a public health hazard for past, present, and possible future ingestion of contaminated groundwater.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Atlanta, GA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 253990
• Report Number(s): PB-96-177183/XAB; TRN: 61631626
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 14 May 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
AROMATICS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
LAND POLLUTION
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
BENZENE
TOLUENE
TURPENTINE
HYDROCARBONS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS