Volatile Organic Compound Contamination of Private Water Supplies Adjacent to Abandoned Landfills in Marathon County

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Project Number:

DNR-041

Other Project Number:

WR85R001

Funding Year:

1985

Contract Period:

Funding Source:

DNR

Investigator(s) and affiliations:
Marathon County Health Department
Abstract:

Abstract: Thirty-four abandoned landfills were prioritized utilizing an internally designed Health Hazard Risk Assessment (HHRA) document. Each landfill site was ranked based on the weighted twelve parameter HHRA document. Private wells within 2,500 feet of the highest prioritized landfills were sampled and tested for volatile organic chemicals. The greatest percentage of the private wells found to be contaminated with VOC’s were adjacent to the 5 highest ranked landfills. The application of the HHRA document proved to be a cost effective tool in the implementation of the abandoned landfill sampling program by identifying landfills with a greater risk of VOC contamination.

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