The Savannah River Site's groundwater monitoring program
The Environmental Protection Department/Environmental Monitoring Section (EPD/EMS) administers the Savannah River Site's (SRS) Groundwater Monitoring Program. During third quarter 1990 (July through September) EPD/EMS conducted routine sampling of monitoring wells and drinking water locations. EPD/EMS established two sets of flagging criteria in 1986 to assist in the management of sample results. The flagging criteria do not define contamination levels; instead they aid personnel in sample scheduling, interpretation of data, and trend identification. The flagging criteria are based on detection limits, background levels in SRS groundwater, and drinking water standards. All analytical results from third quarter 1990 are listed in this report, which is distributed to all site custodians. One or more analytes exceeded Flag 2 in 87 monitoring well series. Analytes exceeded Flat 2 for the first since 1984 in 14 monitoring well series. In addition to groundwater monitoring, EPD/EMS collected drinking water samples from SRS drinking water systems supplied by wells. The drinking water samples were analyzed for radioactive constituents.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States); Exploration Resources, Inc., Athens, GA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 5516765
- Report Number(s):
- ESH-EMS-900133; ON: DE92012661
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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GROUND WATER
MONITORING
COMPILED DATA
DRINKING WATER
PROGRESS REPORT
SAMPLING
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
WELLS
DATA
DOCUMENT TYPES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER
540250* - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)