Ground-water quality in Georgia for 2014

GROUND-WATER QUALITY IN GEORGIA FOR2014
John C. Donahue and Anthony W. Chumbley
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION WATERSHED PROTECTION BRANCH
WATERSHED PLANNING AND MONITORING PROGRAM
ATLANTA
2019
CIRCULAR 12AB

GROUND-WATER QUALITY IN GEORGIA FOR 2014
John C. Donahue and Anthony W. Chumbley
The preparation ofthis report waY.funded in part through a grantfrom the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the provisions ofSection 106 ofthe Federal Water Pollution Control Act of1972, aY amended
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Mark Williams, Commissioner
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION Richard E. Dunn, Director
WATERSHED PROTECTION BRANCH James A Capp, Branch Chief
ATLANTA 2019
CIRCULAR 12AB

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 11NTRODUCTION..........~ ...............,.................

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1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE ........ I I I. I I." I I I. I ". I..

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1.2 FACTORS AFFECTING CHEMICAL GROUND-WATER QUALITY.......

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1.3 HYDROGEOLOGIC PROVINCES OF GEORGIA...............................

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1.3.1 Coastal Plain Province....................... ......................................... 1..3
1.3.2 Piedmont/Blue Ridge Province...................................................... 1-5

1.3.3 Valley and Ridge Province........................................................... 1-5

1.3.4 Appalachian Plateau Province......................................................

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1.4 REGIONAL GROUND-WATER PROBLEMS....................................

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CHAPTER 2 GEORGIA GROUND-WATER MONITORING NETWORK....... 2-1

2.1 MONITORING STATIONS ..... I I I. I I I I II I" I. I I I I I Ill

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2.2 USES AND LIMITATIONS............................................................. 2-1

2.3 ANALYSES AND DATA RETENTION.............................................. 2-3

CHAPTER 3 CHEMICAL GROUND-WATER QUALITY IN GEORGIA.......... 3-1

3.1 OVERVIEW................ I. I I I I I. I..............

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3.2 CRETACEOUS AQUIFER SYSTEM................................................. 3-3

3.2.1 Aquifer System Description..............................,................................. 3-3

3.2.2 Field Parameters............................ ............................................. 3-3

3.2.3 Major Anions, Non-Metals, and Volatile Organic Compounds................ 3-5

3.2.4 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP).................. 3-5

3. 2. 5 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
(/CPMS) . . ..... I I I. I. I I I I I I I. I ....................... I. I I I.

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I....... 3.3 CLAYTON AQUIFER............................................................

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3.4 CLAIBORNE AQUIFER.....I.........I.......................I........................ 3-6

3.4. 1 Aquifer Description.......................................I I.......I......I.........~.. 3-8

3.4.2 Field Parameters.................I................I......................I.............. 3-8

3.4.3 Major Anions, Non-Metals, and Volatile Organic Compounds.............. 3-8

3.4.4 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP)................

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3.5.3 Major Anions, Non-Metals, and Volatile Organic Compounds............... 3-12

3.5.4 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP).......... ...... 3-12

3.5.5 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (/(;f'~~J................. I..... I.................................................................... :J-1:Z

3.6 FLORIDAN AQUIFER SYSTEM....................................................... 3-12
3. 6. 1 Aquifer System Characteristics.....I.........I.II..I.I..I....I.............. 3-12 3. 6.2 Field Parameters.........................I..............I................................. 3-13

3.6.3 Major Anions, Non-Metals, and Volatile Organic Compounds............... 3-14

3.6.4 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP)................. 3-14

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3.7 MIOCENE/SURFICIAL AQUIFER SYSTEM....................................... 3-16

3. 7.1 Aquifer System Characteristics...................................................... 3-16
3. 7.2 Field Parameters...I.....I.......................I...........I.......................... 3-17

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3. 7.3 Major Anions, NonMetals, and Volatile Organic Compounds............... 318

3. 7.4 Metals by lnductivelyCoupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP)........ ......... 3-18

3. 7.5 Metals by lnductivelyCoupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
(ICPMS) . . . . . . . I . I I I I . I I . I . I I I . I I I . I I I I I . .

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3.8. PIEDMONT/BLUE RIDGE AQUIFER SYSTEM................................... 3-20

3.8.1 Aquifer System Characteristics....................................................... 3-20
3.8.2Field Parameters............................................................................ 3-21

3. 8.3 Major Anions, Non-Metals, and Volatile Organic Compounds................ 323

3.8.4 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP)..................... 3-23

3.8.5 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS)..................................................................................~~ 3-24

3.9 VALLEY AND RIDGE/APPALACHIAN PLATEAU AQUIFER SYSTEM I I. I ............. I' I I. I I. I I. I I. I I I. I I I I I I.

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3.9.1 Aquifer System Characteristics....................................................... 325
3.9.2Field Parameters......................................................................... 3-26

3. 9.3 Major Anions, Non-Metals, and Volatile Organic Compounds................ 3-26

3.9.4 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP)................... 3-26

3.9.5 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (/CPMS). 11 a " 1111 " 1 11 1 11 1 1

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CHAPTER 4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS....................................... 41

4.1 PHYSICAL PARAMETERS AND pH................................................ 4-1
4.1.1pH.............................................................................................. 4-1

4. 1.2 Conductivity. ................ ........................ 4-2
4. 1.3 Temperature................................................................................ 4-3

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4.2 ANIONS. NON-METALS AND VOCS ................................. 4-3

4. 2. 1 Chloride and Fluoride............................................ ,............ 4-3

4.2.2 Suffate....................................................................................... 4-3

4.2.3 Nitrate/Nitrite.............................................................................. 4-4

4.2.4 Phosphorus................................................................................. 4-4

4. 2.5 Dissolved Oxygen..... 4-4

4. 2.6 Volatile Organic Compounds........................................................ 4-5

4.3 ICP METALS......................................I

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4.3.1 Aluminum....................................................................................... 4-5

4.3.2 Iron and Manganese........................................................................ 4-6

4.3.3 Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, and Potassium................... 4-6

4.4 ICPMS METALS ..... I I .. I I I 'I

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4.4. 1 Chromium and Nickel.................................................................... 4-7

4.4.2 Arsenic, Selenium, Uranium, and Molybdenum..................... 4-7

4.4.3 Copper, Lead, and Zinc............................................................... 4-8

4.4.4 Barium..................................................................................... 4-8

4.5 CONTAMINATION OCCURRENCES................... 4-8

4. 5. 1 Primary MCL and Action Level Exceedances.................................... 4-9

4. 5.2 Secondary MCL Exceedances........................................................... 4-9

4.5.3 Volatile Organic Compounds................................................................. 4-12

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G E N E R A L Q U A L I T Y I I I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

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5.0 CHAPTER 5 LIST OF REFERENCES.............................

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APPENDIX

Laboratory and Sta.tion Data........... ........................................................ A-1

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1-1. The Hydrogeologic Provinces of Georgia........................... 1-4

Figure 3-1. The Malor Aquifers and Aguifer Svstems of the Coastal Plain Province................................ ........ .................................. ......... 3-2

Figure 3-2. Locations of Stations Monitoring the Cretaceous Aquifer System................................................................... ............................ 3-4

Figure 3-3. Location of the Station Monitoring the Clayton Aquifer........ 3-7

Figure 3-4. Locations of Stations Monitoring the Claiborne Aquifer....... 3-9

Figure 3-5. Locations of Stations Monitoring the Jacksonian Aquifer.... 3-11

Figure 3-6. Locations of Stations Monitoring the Floridan Aquifer System............................................................................................. 3-15

Figure 3-7. Locations of Stations Monitoring the Miocene/Surficial Aquifer S ya'tem........................................................ ..................... .... 3-19

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Figure 3-9. Locations of Stations Monitoring the Valley-and-Ridge/ Appalachian Plateau Agulfer System................................................... 3-28

LIST OF TABLES

Table 21. Georgia Ground-Water Monitoring Network, Calendar Year 2014............. ................ .................................................................... 2-2

Table 4-1. Contaminant Exceedances, Calendar Year 2014.................... 4-10

Table 4-2. VOC Detection Incidents, Calendar Year 2014....................... 4--13

Table A-1. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Cretaceous/

Providence Stations.................... I. I. I I I . I ~~~

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Table A-2. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Clayton Station ............ A-4 Table A-3. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Claiborne Stations........... A-6 Table A-4. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Jacksonian Stations...... A-8 Table A-5. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Floridan Stations......... A-10 Table A-6. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Miocene Stations........... A-18 Table A-7. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Piedmont-Blue Ridge Stations........................................................................................... A-20 Table A-8. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Valley-and-Ridge/ Appalachian Plateau Sta.tions.. ... ... ............... ......... .......... ... .. ...... ......... A-26 Table A-9. Analytes, EPA Analytical Methods, and Reporting Limits....... A-28 Table A-1 0. Analytes, Primary MCLs, and Secondary MCLs........... ......... A-31
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
This report, covering the calendar year 2014, is the twenty-eighth of the Circular 12 series. The first 19 reports, Circulars 12A through 128, summarized the chemical quality of ground water statewide across Georgia and utilized a static array of sampling stations that were sampled periodically, typically on a semiannual, annual, or biennial basis. The next five reports, Circulars 12T through 12X, dealt with specialized chemical ground-water quality issues: water quality in the Coastal region, water quality available to small public water systems, water quality in the Piedmont/Blue Ridge physiographic province, ground-water uranium in Georgia, and ground-water arsenic in Georgia. Wrth this report and its predecessors, Circular 12Y, 12Z and 12AA, monitoring the chemical quality of ground water continues using a static array of periodically sampled stations.
These summaries are among the tools used by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to assess trends in the quality of the State's ground-water resources. EPD is the State organization with regulatory responsibility for maintaining and where possible, improving ground-water quality and availability. EPD has implemented a comprehensive statewide ground-water management policy of antidegradation (EPD, 1991; 1998). Four components comprise EPD's current groundwater quality assessment program:
1. The Georgia Ground-Water Monitoring Network. EPD's Watershed Protection Branch, Source Water Assessment Program, took over the Georgia Ground-Water Monitoring Network from the Regulatory Support Program when that program disbanded in 2012. The Monitoring Network is designed to evaluate the ambient ground-water quality of eight aquifer systems present in the State of Georgia. The data collected from sampling of the Ground-Water Monitoring Network form the basis for this report.
2. Water Withdrawal Program (Watershed Protection Branch, Water Supply Section). This program provides data on the quality of ground water that the residents of Georgia are using.
3. Ground-water sampling at environmental facilities such as municipal solid waste landfills, Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) facilities, and sludge disposal facilities. The primary agencies responsible for monitoring these facilities are EPD's Land Protection and Watershed Protection Branches.
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4. The Wellhead Protection Program (WHP), which is designed to protect areas surrounding municipal drinking water wells from contaminants. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Georgia's WHP Plan on September 30, 1992. The WHP Plan became a part of the 11Georgia Safe Drinking Water Rules, effective July 1, 1993. The protection of public supply wells from contaminants is important not only for maintaining ground-water quality, but also for ensuring that public water supplies meet health standards.
Analyses of water samples collected for the Georgia Ground-Water Monitoring Network during the period January 2014 through December 2014 and from previous years form the database for this summary. The Georgia Ground-Water Monitoring Network is presently comprised of 83 stations, both wells and springs. Twenty-one of the stations are scheduled for quarterly sampling; the remainder are scheduled to be sampled yearly. Each sample receives laboratory analyses for chloride, sulfate, nitrate/nitrite, total phosphorus, 26 metals, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Samples from the mineral spring and main well at Indian Springs State Park (stations P12A and P23) also receive analysis for fluoride. Field measurements of pH, conductivity, and temperature are performed on the sample water from each station. Field dissolved oxygen measurements are made on sample water from wells.
During the January 2014 through December 2014 period, Ground-Water Monitoring staff collected 146 samples from 77 wells and 6 springs. A review of the data from this period and comparison of these data with those for samples collected for preceding monitoring efforts indicated that ground-water quality at most of the 83 stations has remained good.
1.2 FACTORS AFFECTING CHEMICAL GROUND-WATER QUALITY
The chemical quality of ground water is the result of complex physical, chemical, and biological processes. Among the more significant controls are the chemical quality of the water entering the ground-water flow system, the reactions of the infiltrating water with the soils and rocks that are encountered, and the effects of the well-and-pump system.
Most water enters the ground-water system in upland recharge areas and in areas of leakage from adjacent geologic units. Water seeps through interconnected pore spaces and fractures in the soils and rocks until discharged to a surface water body (e.g., stream, lake, or ocean). The initial water chemistry, the amount of recharge, and the attenuation capacity of soils have a strong influence on the quality of ground water in recharge areas. Chemical interactions between the water and the aquifer host rocks have an increasing significance with longer residence times. As a result, ground water from discharge areas tends to be more highly mineralized than ground water in recharge areas.
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The well-and-pump system can also have a strong influence on the quality of the well water. Well casings, through compositional breakdown, can contribute metals (e.g., iron from steel casings) and organic compounds (e.g., tetrahydrofurans from PVC pipe cement) to the water. Pumps can aerate the water being drawn up and discharged. An improperly constructed or failing well can offer a conduit that allows local pollutants to enter the ground-water flow system
1.3 HYDROGEOLOGIC PROVINCES OF GEORGIA
This report defines three hydrogeologic provinces by their general geologic and hydrologic characteristics (Figure 1-1). These provinces consist of:
1. The Coastal Plain Province of south Georgia;
2. The Piedmont/Blue Ridge Province, which includes all but the northwestern corner of north Georgia;
3. The combined Valley and Ridge and Appalachian Plateau Provinces of northwest Georgia.
1.3.1 Coastal Plain Province
Georgia's Coastal Plain Province generally comprises a wedge of loosely consolidated sediments that gently dip and thicken to the south and southeast. Ground water in the Coastal Plain flows through interconnected pore space between grains and through solution-enlarged voids in rock.
The oldest outcropping sedimentary formations (Cretaceous) are exposed along the Fall Line (Figure 1-1), which is the northern limit of the Coastal Plain Province. Successively younger formations occur at the surface to the south and southeast.
The Coastal Plain of Georgia contains a number of confined and unconfined aquifers. Confined aquifers are those in which the readily permeable layer of aquifer medium is interposed between two layers of poorly permeable material (e.g. clay or shale). If the water pressure in such an aquifer exceeds atmospheric pressure, the aquifer is artesian. Water from precipitation and runoff enters the aquifers and aquifer systems in their updip outcrop areas, where permeable sediments hosting the aquifer are exposed. Water may also enter the aquifers downdip from the recharge areas through leakage from overlying or underlying aquifers. Most
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<I) AJipalachhm Plateau Province C) Valley and Ridge Province
(3) Piedmont/Blue Ridse Province
G) Coastal Plain Province
Figure 1-1. The Hydrogeologic Provinces of Georg ia 1-4

Coastal Plain aquifers are unconfined in their updip outcrop areas, but become confined in downdip areas to the south and southeast, where they are overlain by successively younger rock formations. Ground-water flow through confined Coastal Plain aquifers is generally to the south and southeast, in the direction of dip of the sedimentary layers.
The sediments forming the major aquifer systems in the Coastal Plain range in age from Cretaceous to Holocene. Horizontal and vertical changes in the sediment layers that form these aquifer systems determine the thickness and extent of the aquifer systems. Several aquifer systems may be present in a single geographic area forming a vertical "stack".
The Cretaceous and Jacksonian aquifer systems (primarily sands) are a common source of drinking water within a 35-mile wide band that lies adjacent to and south of the Fall Line. However, the aquifer systems do extend downdip of the band. A well has been planned to test the Cretaceous aquifer along the Atlantic Coast for water supply development. Southwestern Georgia relies on three vertically stacked aquifer systems plus the upper part of the Cretaceous aquifer system for drinking water supplies: the Clayton, the Claiborne, and the Floridan aquifer systems. The Miocene/Surficial aquifer system (primarily sands) is the principal shallow aquifer system occupying much of the same broad area occupied by the Floridan aquifer system in central and eastern Georgia. The system is unconfined over most of its inland extent, but becomes in part confined both in the coastal area and in Grady, Thomas, Brooks, and Lowndes County area of South Georgia.
1.3.2 Piedmont/Blue Ridge Province
Though the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Physiographic Provinces differ geologically and geomorphologically, the two physiographic provinces share common hydrogeological characteristics and thus can be treated as a single hydrogeologic province. A two-part aquifer system characterizes the Piedmont/Blue Ridge Province (Daniel and Hamed, 1997). The upper part of the system is the regolith aquifer, composed of saprolite and overlying soils and alluvium. The regolith aquifer is unconfined, and the water resides primarily in intergranular pore spaces (primary porosity). The lower aquifer in the Piedmont/Blue Ridge aquifer system is the bedrock aquifer. This aquifer is developed in metamorphic and igneous bedrock (mostly Paleozoic and Precambrian in age); the water resides in fractures and, in the case of specialized rocks such as marbles, solution-enlarged voids (secondary porosity). In contrast to the regolith aquifer, no intergranular (primary) porosity exists in the bedrock aquifer. The bedrock aquifer is semi-confined, with the overlying regolith aquifer media offering local confinement. The regolith aquifer also serves as the reservoir that recharges the bedrock aquifer.
1.3.3 Valley and Ridge Province
Faulted and folded consolidated Paleozoic sedimentary formations characterize the Valley and Ridge Province. The principal porosity present in aquifer media consists of fractures and solution-enlarged voids in the carbonate rocks; intergranular porosity
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may be important in some places. Locally, ground-water and surface-water systems closely interconnect. Dolostones and limestones of the Knox Group are the principal aquifers where they occur in fold axes at the centers of broad valleys. The greater hydraulic conductivities of the thick carbonate sections in this province permit higher yielding wells than in the Piedmont/Blue Ridge Province.
1.3.4 Appalachian Plateau Province
Rocks in this province consist of consolidated Paleozoic sediments inclusive of the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian. Faulting and folding are less intense than in the Valley and Ridge province, and sediments tend to be flatter lying and more continuous areally. As in the Valley and Ridge Province, secondary porosity is the most important type of porosity. The highly fractured Fort Payne Chert and the Knox Group are major water-bearing units in this province.
Only a small part of this province extends into Georgia, at the State's far northwest corner (Dade County and parts of Chattooga and Walker Counties). Due to its small extent in Georgia and its lack of monitoring stations for the current project, the Appalachian Plateau Province is combined with the Valley and Ridge Province for the purposes of this report.
1.4 REGIONAL GROUND-WATER PROBLEMS
Data from ground-water investigations in Georgia, including those from the Ground-Water Monitoring Network, indicate that virtually all of Georgia has shallow ground water sufficient for domestic supply. Iron, aluminum, and manganese are the only constituents that occur routinely in concentrations exceeding drinking water standards. These metals are mostly naturally occurring and do not pose a health risk. Iron and manganese can cause reddish or yellowish-brown to dark brown or black stains on objects and can give water a bitter metallic taste. Aluminum can cause water to appear cloudy.
In the karstic carbonate terranes of the combined Valley and Ridge/ Appalachian Plateau Province, interconnection between the surface water systems and the groundwater systems can be extensive enough such that waters supplying some wells and springs (e.g., Crawfish Spring and Cedartown Spring) have been deemed under direct surface influence, requiring surface water type treatment if used for public supplies.
In the Piedmont/Blue Ridge Province, water available to wells drilled into bedrock consisting of granitic intrusive rocks, granitic gneisses, or hornblende gneiss/ amphibolite assemblages occasionally may contain excessive naturally occurring uranium.
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Aquifers in the outcrop areas of Cretaceous sediments south of the Fall Line typically yield acidic water that may require treatment. The acidity occurs naturally and results from the inability of the sandy aquifer sediments to neutralize acidic rainwater and from biologically influenced reactions between infiltrating water and soils. Ground water from the Cretaceous along the coast is typically brackish.
Nitrate/nitrite concentrations in shallow ground water from the farm belt in southern Georgia are usually within drinking water standards, but are somewhat higher than levels found in other areas of the State.
Three areas of naturally reduced ground-water quality occur in the Floridan aquifer system. The first is the karstic Dougherty Plain of southwestern Georgia. The second is the Gulf Trough area . The third is in the coastal area of east Georgia.
In the Dougherty Plain, as with the carbonate terranes of northwestern Georgia, surface waters and the contaminants they entrain can directly access the aquifer through sink holes.
The Gulf Trough is a linear geologic feature extending from southwestern Decatur County through northern Effingham County and may represent a filled-in marine current channel way (Huddleston, 1993). Floridan ground water in and near the trough may be high in total dissolved solids and may contain elevated levels of sulfate, barium, radionuclides, and arsenic (Kellam and Gorday, 1990; Donahue et al., 2013).
In the Coastal area of east Georgia, the influx of water with high dissolved solids contents can dramatically raise levels of sodium, calcium, magnesium, sulfate, and chloride. In the Brunswick part of the Coastal area, ground-water withdrawal from the upper permeable zone of the Floridan aquifer system results in the upwelling of ground water with high dissolved solids content from the deeper parts of the aquifer system (Krause and Clarke, 2001). In the Savannah portion of the Coastal area, heavy pumping in and around Savannah and Hilton Head, South Carolina has caused a cone of depression which has induced seawater to enter the Floridan aquifer system in South Carolina and to flow down-gradient toward Savannah. The seawater has not yet reached Savannah and may not reach Savannah for many years. The seawater enters the aquifer system via breaches in the Miocene confining unit along the bottoms of waterways and sand-filled paleochannels offshore of the Beaufort/Hilton Head area of South Carolina in what is referred to as the Beaufort Arch; where the top of the Floridan aquifer system is closer to the ocean water (Foyle et al., 2001; Krause and Clarke, 2001).
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CHAPTER 2 GEORGIA GROUND-WATER MONITORING NETWORK
2.1 MONITORING STATIONS
For the period January 2014 through December 2014, attempts were made to place sampling stations in the Coastal Plain Province's six major aquifer systems, in the Piedmont/Blue Ridge Province, and in the Valley and Ridge/ Appalachian Plateau Province (Table 2-1). Stations are restricted to wells or springs tapping a single aquifer or aquifer system. Attempts were made to have some monitoring stations located in the following critical settings:
1. areas of recharge;
2. areas of possible pollution or contamination related to hydrogeologic settings (e.g., granitic intrusions, the Dougherty Plain, and the Gulf Trough);
3. areas of significant ground-water use.
Most of the monitoring stations are municipal, industrial, and domestic wells that have well construction data.
2.2 USES AND LIMITATIONS
Regular sampling of wells and springs of the Ground-Water Monitoring Network permits analysis of ground-water quality with respect to location (spatial trends) and time of sample collection (temporal trends). Spatial trends are useful for assessing the effects of the geologic framework of the aquifer and regional land-use activities on ground-water quality. Temporal trends permit an assessment of the effects of rainfall and drought periods on ground-water quality and quantity. Both trends are useful for the detection of non-point source pollution. Non-point source pollution arises from broad-scale phenomena such as acid rain deposition and application of agricultural chemicals on crop lands.
It should be noted that the data of the Ground-Water Monitoring Network represent water quality in only limited areas of Georgia. Monitoring water quality at the 83 sites located throughout Georgia provides an indication of ground-water quality at the locality sampled and at the horizon corresponding to the open interval in the well or to the head of the spring at each station in the Monitoring Network. Caution should be exercised in drawing unqualified conclusions and applying any results reported in this study to ground waters that are not being monitored.
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Table 2~1. Georgia Ground~Water Monitoring NetworkJ Calendar Year 2014.

Aquifer or Aquifer System
Cretaceous
Clayton

Number of Stations Visited
(Samples Taken )

Primary Stratigraphic Equivalents

Ripley Formation, Cusseta

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Sand, Blufftown Formation,

Eutaw Formation,

13 stations

Tuscaloosa Formation,

(13 samples)

Providence Sand, Steel

I Creek Formation, Gaillard

Formation, Pio Nono

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Formation

1 station (1 sample)

Clayton Formation

Claiborne

3 stations (3 samples)

Claiborne Group

Jacksonian

5 stations (5 samples)

Barnwell Group

Floridan

27 stations (56 samples)

Ocala Group, Suwanee Limestone

Miocene/Surficial

6 stations (6 samples)

Piedmont/Blue Ridge

21 stations (51 samples)

Hawthorne Group, Miccosukee Formation, Cypresshead Formation
Various igneous and metamorphic complexes

Valley and Ridge/ Appalachian Plateau

6 stations (9 samples)

Shady Dolomite, Knox Group, Conasauga Group

Age of Aquifer Host
Rocks
Late Cretaceous
Paleocene
Middle Eocene
Late Eocene Middle
Eocene to Early
Oligocene
Miocene to Recent
Precambrian and
Paleozoic Paleozoic,
mainly Cambrian, Ordovician

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Stations of the Ground-Water Monitoring Network are intentionally located away from known point sources of pollution. The stations provide baseline data on ambient water quality in Georgia. EPD requires other forms of ground-water monitoring for activities that may result in point source pollution (e.g., landfills, hazardous waste facilities, and land application sites) through its environmental facilities permit programs.
Ground-water quality changes gradually and predictably in the areally extensive aquifer systems of the Coastal Plain Province. The Monitoring Network allows for some definition of the chemical processes occurring in large confined aquifers. Unconfined aquifers in northern Georgia and in the surface recharge areas of southern Georgia are of comparatively small extent and more open to interactions with land use activities. The wide spacing of most monitoring stations does not permit equal characterization of water-quality processes in these settings. The quality of water from monitoring stations drawing from unconfined aquifers represents only the general nature of ground water in the vicinity of the stations. Ground water in the recharge areas of the Coastal Plain aquifer systems is one of the future drinking-water resources for down-flow areas. Monitoring stations in these recharge areas, in effect, constitute an early warning system of potential future water quality problems in confined portions of the Coastal Plain aquifer systems.
2.3 ANALYSES AND DATA RETENTION
Analyses are available for 144 water samples collected from 82 stations (76 wells and 6 springs) during the period January 2014 through December 2014. In 1984, the first year of the Ground-Water Monitoring Network, EPD staff sampled from 39 wells in the Piedmont/Blue Ridge and Coastal Plain Provinces. Between 1984 and 2004, the network had expanded to include 128 stations situated in all three hydrogeologic provinces, with most of the stations being in the Coastal Plain Province.
Ground water from all monitoring stations is tested for chloride, sulfate, nitrate/nitrite, total phosphorus, a variety of metals, and VOCs. Water from stations P12A and P23 also receive testing for fluoride. Appendix Table A-9 lists the EPA methods used to test for these analytes along with a reporting limit for each analyte. The results of the chemical tests are reported in this Circular. Before collecting a sample, EPD personnel also observe certain field measurements - pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature. This Circular also reports these measurements.
Testing for aluminum, beryllium, calcium, cobalt, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, titanium, and vanadium was undertaken using the inductivelycoupled plasma (ICP) method (EPA method 200.7 in Table A-9). This method works well for the mostly major metals listed above. This method was also used to test for arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, lead, antimony, selenium, thallium, and zinc. The inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) method (EPA method 200.8 in Table A-9) was also used to test for the metals mentioned
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in the previous sentence as well as for molybdenum, silver, tin, and uranium. The ICPMS method generally gives better results for trace metals.
Pursuant to the Georgia Safe Drinking Water Act' of 1977, EPD has established Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for certain analytes and other parameters, certain of which are included in analyses performed on Ground-Water Monitoring samples (EPD, 2009). Primary MCLs pertain to analytes that can adversely affect human health if the maximum concentration for an analyte is exceeded for drinking water. Secondary MCLs pertain to parameters that may give drinking water objectionable, though not health-threatening, properties that may cause persons served by a public water system to cease using the water. Unpleasant taste and the ability to cause stains are examples of such properties. MCLs apply only to treated water offered for public consumption; nevertheless, they constitute useful guide lines for evaluating the quality of untreated (raw) water. Table A-10 in the Appendix lists the Primary and Secondary MCLs for Ground-Water Monitoring Network analytes.
Most wells currently on the Monitoring Network have in-place pumps. Using such pumps to purge wells and collect samples reduces the potential for crosscontamination that would attend the use of portable pumps. Two wells, the Miller Ball Park North East Well (PA9C) and the Springfield Egypt Road Test Well (MI17), are flowing, which dispenses altogether with pumps and lessens the effects of the pumpwell system on sample water. The pump on the Murphy Garden Well (MI9A), a shallow bored well formerly used for garden watering, is now out of operation and a bailer is used for sampling.
Sampling procedures are adapted from techniques used by United States Geologic Survey (USGS) and EPA. For wells except PA9C, MI9A, and Ml17, EPD personnel purge the wells (EPA recommends removing three to five times the volume of the water column in the well) before collecting a sample to reduce the influence of the well, pump, and plumbing system on water quality. A purge of 15 to 20 minutes is usually sufficient to allow readings of pH, conductivity, temperature, and dissolved oxygen to stabilize and to allow corrosion films on the plumbing to be flushed away.
The apparatus used for monitoring field measurements and collecting samples consists of a garden hose with two branches at its end and a container. One branch conveys water to a container; the other branch allows the water to flow freely. On the container branch, water enters the bottom of the container, flows past the probe of the instrument taking field measurements, and discharges over the top of the container. Such an apparatus minimizes the exposure of the sample water to atmosphere. Once the field measurements have stabilized, sample containers are then filled with water discharging from the end of the free-flowing branch. Sample waters do not pass through a filter before collection. As a rule, trends for field measurements with increasing purge time include a lowering of pH, conductivity and dissolved oxygen. For shallower wells, the temperature tends to approach the mean atmospheric temperature for the area. For deeper wells geothermal heating may become apparent.
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Once the sample bottles are filled, they are promptly placed on ice to preserve water quality. EPD personnel transport samples to the laboratory on or before the Friday of the week during which the samples were collected, well before holding time for the samples lapse. Field measurements and analytical results are provided in Table A1 in the Appendix.
Files at EPD contain records of the field measurements and chemical analyses. Owners of wells or springs receive copies of the laboratory analysis sheets as well as cover letters and laboratory sheet summaries. The cover letters state whether or not any MCLs were exceeded. The Drinking Water Program's Compliance and Enforcement Unit receives notification of Primary MCL exceedances involving public water supplies.
Station numbering assigns each station a two-part alphanumeric designation, the first part consisting of an alphabetic abbreviation for the aquifer being sampled and the second part consisting of a serial numeral, sometimes with an alphabetic suffix, the two parts separated by a dash. In order for the ground-water database to be compatible with a Watershed Protection Branch-wide water database, the stations were also assigned a three-part alphanumeric designation, the first part being an alphabetic abbreviation "GW" (for ground water), the second part representing the local river basin and the third part being numeric.
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CHAPTER 3 CHEMICAL GROUND-WATER QUALITY IN GEORGIA
3.1 OVERVIEW
Georgia's major aquifer systems are grouped into three hydrogeologic provinces for the purposes of this report: the Coastal Plain Province, the Piedmont/Blue Ridge Province, and the Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau Province.
The Coastal Plain Province comprises six major aquifer systems that are restricted to specific regions and depths within the Province (Figure 3-1). These major aquifer systems commonly incorporate smaller aquifers that can be locally confined. Ground-Water Monitoring Network wells in the Coastal Plain aquifer systems are generally located in three settings:
1. Recharge (or outcrop) areas that are located in regions that are geologically updip and generally north of confined portions of these aquifer systems;
2. Updip, confined areas that are located in regions that are proximal to the recharge areas, yet are confined by overlying geologic formations. These are generally south to southeast from the recharge areas;
3. Downdip, confined areas, located to the south or southeast in the deeper, confined portions of the aquifer systems, distal to the recharge areas.
The Piedmont/Blue Ridge Province comprises two regional aquifers, the regolith aquifer and the bedrock aquifer (Daniel and Harned, 1997). The regolith aquifer is composed of saprolite - bedrock that has undergone intense chemical weathering - plus soil and alluvium. The regolith aquifer, highly porous and appreciably permeable, serves as the reservoir that recharges the bedrock. The igneous and metamorphic bedrock exhibits low porosity- nearly all of the porosity is secondary and consists of discontinuous fractures, but can be very permeable as fractures can locally transmit water rapidly. Despite the regional scale of these two aquifers, flow systems are small-scale and localized, in contrast to those of the Coastal Plain.
Paleozoic sedimentary formations characterize the combined Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau Province, although unlike in the Coastal Plain, these sedimentary formations are consolidated and have been subjected to faulting and folding. Also in contrast to the Coastal Plain Province, the faulting and folding has resulted in the creation of numerous, small-scale localized flow systems in the Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau Province. The major water-bearing units in the province are carbonate rocks. Faulting and fracturing of the carbonates has led to the widespread development of karst features, which significantly enhance porosity and permeability and exert a strong influence on local flow patterns.
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3.2 CRETACEOUS AQUIFER SYSTEM
3.2. 1 Aquifer System Description
The Cretaceous aquifer system is a complexly interconnected group of aquifer subsystems developed in the late Cretaceous sands of the Coastal Plain Province. These sands crop out in an extensive recharge area immediately south of the Fall Line in west and central Georgia (Fig. 3-2). In east Georgia, overlying Tertiary sediments restrict Cretaceous outcrops to valley bottoms. Five distinct subsystems of the Cretaceous aquifer system, including the Providence aquifer, are recognized west of the Ocmulgee River (Pollard and Vorhis, 1980). These merge into three subsystems to the east (Clarke et al, 1985; Huddlestun and Summerour, 1998). The aquifer thickens southward from the Fall line, where the clays and sands pinch out against crystalline Piedmont rocks, to a column approximately 2,000 feet thick at the southern limits of the main aquifer use area (limit of utilization, Figure 3-2).
The Providence aquifer, a prominent subsystem of the Cretaceous aquifer system in the western Coastal Plain, is developed in sands and coquinoid limestones at the top of the Cretaceous column. The permeable Providence Formation-Clayton Formation interval forms a single aquifer in the updip areas (Long, 1989) and to the east of the Flint River (Clarke et al., 1983). East of the Ocmulgee River, this joint permeable interval is termed the Dublin aquifer (Clarke et al., 1985). This report treats the Providence aquifer as a part of the Cretaceous aquifer system.
EPD used 13 wells to monitor the Cretaceous aquifer system. Reported depths ranged from 128 feet (K7) to 1025 feet {PD6). All except well K6 and K21 are local government owned public supply wells. Well K6 produces process water for a kaolin mill and well K21 is a private residence well. All wells are sampled yearly.
3.2.2 Field Parameters
The pHs of sample waters from all 13 wells ranged from 4.16 (K19) to 7.90 (PD3), with a median of 4.96. As a rule, pHs of waters from the deeper wells are basic, while those from shallower wells are acidic. Well PD3 seems to be the exception. Its sampling pH of 7.90 would be expected for a well about twice its reported depth of 456 feet. Conductivities are available for all13 wells and ranged from 17 uS/em (K19) to 358 uS/em (PD3), with a median of 45 uS/em. As a rule, the deeper wells gave water with the higher conductivities. The temperatures measured should be viewed as approximations of the temperature of the water in the aquifer. Temperatures over all 13 well samples ranged from 17.91 degrees C (K7) to 27.70 degrees C (K20). Comparing well depths with sample water temperatures shows that the deeper wells generally tend to yield water with higher temperatures. The water temperature can also depend somewhat on the time of
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year measured, since sample water must traverse a zone influenced by surface temperature on its way from the aquifer to the measurement point. Dissolved oxygen measurements are available for 10 of the 13 wells. Concentrations ranged from 0.83 mg/L (1<21) up to 9.04 mg/L (K19). Generally, the dissolved oxygen content of ground water decreases with depth. Dissolved oxygen measurements can suffer from various interferences, processes that can expose the ground water to air. An inadequately purged well may deliver water that has been in contact with air in the well bore. Pumping a well's water level down near the pump intake can entrain air in the pumped water. Also, pumping the water level in the well below a recharging horizon allows water to "cascade" or fall freely down the well bore and splash, thereby becoming aerated.
3.2.3 Major Anions, Non-Metals, and Volatile Organic Compounds
Testing for chloride, sulfate, combined nitrate/nitrite, total phosphorus, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was done for samples from all 13 wells. None of the 13 samples contained detectable chloride. Sulfate was detected in samples from three wells, with concentrations all at or below 13 mg/L. Nitrate/nitrite was detected in nine samples and ranged up to 0.94 mg/L (PD2A). Samples from six wells contained detectable phosphorus, with concentrations ranging up to 0.16 mg/L (K3 and K20). No VOCs were detected.
3.2.4 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP)
All 13 samples contained detectable sodium, which ranged from 1,100 ug/L (K9A) to 80,000 ug/L (PD3). The current high reporting limit for analyzing potassium accounts for the lack of potassium detections. Two wells gave samples with detectable aluminum, with well K12 registering at 260 ug/L and well K9A 300 ug/L. Nine wells yielded samples containing detectable calcium, and six wells gave samples containing detectable iron. Calcium levels ranged from undetected to 17,000 ug/L (K3). Iron levels ranged up to 720 ug/L (K21), with samples from three wells exceeding the Secondary MCL of 300 ug/L. Three samples contained detectable magnesium, with a maximum value of 4,100 ug/L (PD6). Two wells gave samples with detectable manganese. None exceeded the Secondary MCL of 50 ug/L. Beryllium, cobalt, potassium, vanadium, and titanium remained undetected.
3.2.5 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS)
ICPMS analysis found detectable levels only of copper, zinc, lead, barium and uranium. Barium was detected in samples from 12 of the total 13 wells, with a maximum concentration of 41 ug/L (K21). Copper was detected in samples from seven wells with the maximum level at 13 ug/L (K11A and K21 ); zinc was detected in samples from three wells, with the maximum level at 24 ug/L (K21); lead was detected in samples from seven wells, with the maximum level at 4.0 ug/L (K21). The copper and lead levels fell below their respective action levels of 1,300 ug/L and 15 ug/L L and zinc below its secondary MCL of 5,000 ug/L. The highest concentrations for these three metals occurred in the sample from well K21, which
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was also one of the wells with the lowest pHs. These three metals commonly leach into sample water from plumbing and are not necessarily present naturally. Uranium was detected in one sample (K6) at a level of 1.1 ug/L.
3.3 CLAYTON AQUIFER
The Clayton aquifer system of southwestern Georgia is developed mainly in the middle limestone unit of the Paleocene Clayton Formation. Limestones and calcareous sands of the Clayton aquifer system crop out in a narrow belt extending from northeastern Clay County to southwestern Schley County (Figure 3-3). Aquifer thickness varies, ranging from about 50 feet in the outcrop area to 265 feet in southeastern Mitchell County (Clarke et al., 1984). Both the Flint River to the east
and the Chattahoochee River, to the west are the areas of discharge for the aquffer
in its updip extent. Leakage from the underlying Providence aquifer system and from overlying permeable units in the Wilcox Formation confining zone provides significant recharge in downdip areas (Clarke et al., 1984). As mentioned previously, permeable portions of the Clayton and Providence Formations merge to form a single aquifer in the updip area and east of the Ocmulgee River. East of that river these combined permeable zones are called the Dublin aquifer.
Only one well (CT8), an 80-foot deep domestic well, was available to monitor the Clayton aquifer system. The well is sampled yearly. The sample water had a pH of 3.97, an electrical conductivity of 40 uS/em, and a temperature of 18.21 degrees C. Dissolved oxygen was 7.88 mg/L and nitrate/nitrite registered at 1.3 mg/L as nitrogen. The water contained sodium at a level of 2,900 ug/L, aluminum at a level of 64 ug/L, and manganese at a level of 20 ug/L. Copper at a concentration of 19 ug/L, lead at a concentration of 2.4 ug/L and barium at a
concentration of 18 ug/L were the trace metals detected. Copper and lead were
probably leached from plumbing. Any calcium present was below detection.
3.4 CLAIBORNE AQUIFER
3.4. 1 Aquifer Description
The Claiborne aquifer is developed primarily in the sandy units in the middle and lower portion of the Middle Eocene Claiborne Group of southwestern Georgia. Claiborne Group sands crop out in a belt extending from northern Early County through western Dooly County. Recharge to the aquifer occurs both as direct infiltration of precipitation in the recharge area and as leakage from the overlying Floridan aquifer system (Hicks et al., 1981; Gorday et al., 1997). The discharge
boundaries for the updip portion of the aquifer are the Ocmulgee River to the east
and the Chattahoochee River to the west. The aquifer generally thickens to the southeast and is more than 350 feet thick near its downdip limit of utilization (Figure 3-4) (Tuohy, 1984).
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The clay.rich upper unit of the Claiborne Group, the Lisbon Formation, acts
as a confining layer and separates the Claiborne aquifer from the overlying Floridan aquifer system (McFadden and Perriello, 1983; Long, 1989; Huddlestun and Summerour, 1996). The lower, waterbearing parts of the group had been correlated with the Tallahatta Formation (e.g., McFadden and Perriello, 1983; Long, 1989: Clarke et al., 1996) or more recently, have been divided into two formations, the upper one termed the Still Branch Sand and the lower one correlated to the Congaree Formation (Huddlestun and Summerour, 1996). East of the Ocmulgee River, permeable Congareeequivalent sands are included in the Gordon aquifer (Brooks et al., 1985).
Three stations, all in or near the recharge area, were available to monitor the Claiborne aquifer. Wells CL2 and CL4A are municipal public supply wells, and well CL8 supplies water for drinking and other purposes for a State forestry nursery. Well CL2 is 315 feet deep, CL4A is 230 feet deep, and CL8 is not known precisely, but is about 90 feet deep.
3.4.2 Field Parameters
The pHs of sample waters from two wells was mildly acidic (CL8 at 6.22 and
CL4A at 6.54), while the third was mildly basic (CL2 at 7.32). Conductivities registered at 86 uS/em (CL8), 160 uS/em (CL4A), and 207 uS/em (CL2); and temperatures registered at 18.63 degrees C (CL4A), 20.46 degrees C (CL2), and 19.95 degrees C (CL8). Dissolved oxygen contents measured at 0.66 mg/L (CL8) and 3.81 mg/L (CL2).
Since well CL4A exposes water to air, there was no measurement for dissolved oxygen
for the water at this well.
3. 4.3 Major Anions, NonMetals, and Volatile Organic Compounds
Well CL2 was the only station to give a sample with detectable nitrate/nitrite (0.46 mg/L as nitrogen). A sample from well CL4A contained detectable sulfate at 12 mg/L. Samples from two wells contained detectable phosphorus (CL4A at 0.35
mg/L and CL8 at 0.51 mg/L). None of the samples contained detectable chloride or
VOCs.
3.4.4 Metals by lnductivelyCoupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP)
Calcium and sodium were detected in samples from all three wells. The maximum and minimum calcium concentrations were 41,000 ug/L (CL2) and 12,000 ug/L (CL8). The maximum and minimum sodium concentrations were 2,000 ug/L (CL2) and 1,800 ug/L (CL4A). Detectable magnesium occurred only in the samples from well CL8 (1,200 ug/L) and CL4A (3,1 00 ug/L). Wells CL4A and CL8 gave samples with detectable iron at 2,000 ug/L and 650 ug/L respectively and manganese at 58 ug/L and 52 ug/L respectively. Both samples exceeded the iron and manganese Secondary MCLs of 300 ug/L and 50 ug/L respectively.
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3.4.5 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS)
ICPMS analyses found barium in all three samples. The maximum and minimum barium concentrations were 39 ug/L (CL8) and 12 ug/L (CL2). Well CL2 contained copper at 6.8 ug/L and well CL4A contained zinc at 11 ug/L. The sample from well CLB contained copper at 26 ug/L and zinc at 44 ug/L, all below any applicable MCLs or action levels. Well CLB also registered the lowest pH.
3.5 JACKSONIAN AQUIFER
3. 5. 1 Aquifer Description
The Jacksonian aquifer system (Vincent, 1982) of central and east-central Georgia is developed primarily in sands of the Eocene Barnwell Group, though isolated limestone bodies are locally important. Barnwell Group outcrops extend from Macon and Crawford Counties (Hetrick, 1990) eastward to Burke and Richmond Counties (Hetrick, 1992). Figure 3-5 shows the extent and most significant Jacksonian recharge areas. Aquifer sands form a northern clastic facies of the Barnwell Group; the sands grade southward into less permeable silts and clays of a transition facies (Vincent, 1982). The water-bearing sands are relatively thin, ranging from 10 to 50 feet in thickness. Limestones equivalent to the Barnwell Group form a southern carbonate facies and are included in the Floridan aquifer system. The Savannah River and the Flint River are the eastern and western discharge boundaries for the updip parts of the Jacksonian aquifer system. The Jacksonian aquifer system is equivalent to the Upper Three Runs aquifer, as discussed by Summerour et al. (1994), page 2, and Williams (2007), "General Hydrogeology" table.
Five wells were available to monitor the Jacksonian aquifer system. Wells J1 B and J8A are domestic wells, while wells J4, J5 and J6 are public supply wells. All are drilled wells, and each is scheduled for yearly sampling. Well J8A serves as a substitute, replacing a nearby well while it is down for maintenance.
3. 5.2 Field Parameters
The pHs for wells J1 B, J4 and J5 were basic and wells J6 and J8A were acidic. The pHs range from 5.53 (J8A) to 7.41 (J5). Conductivities ranged from 77 uS/em (J8A) to 365 uS/em (J5). Temperatures ranged from 19.53 degrees C for well J1B to 21.26 degrees C for well J4, with water from the deeper wells registering higher temperatures. Dissolved oxygen concentrations ranged from 1.04 mg/L for well J6 to 8.58 mg/L for well J8A and were lowest in the deeper wells.
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3. 5.3 Major Anions, Non-Metals, and Volatile Organic Compounds
Sample waters from wells J5 and J6 contained detectable sulfate (both 13 mg/L). Nitrate/nitrite was detected in samples from wells J1B at 2.6 mg/L as nitrogen, J4 at 0.47 mg/L as nitrogen, and J8A at 3.80 mg/L as nitrogen lying in the
range of likely human influence e_ 3.1 mg/L as nitrogen) (Madison and Brunett,
1984). All measurements below the Primary MCL of 10 mg/L as nitrogen. Phosphorus was detected in water from four of the five wells and ranged from 0.03 mg/L (J4 and J5) to 0.15 mg/L (J6). No sample waters contained detectable chloride or volatile organic compounds.
3.5.4 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP)
All five wells gave waters with detectable calcium from 65,000 ug/L (J5) to 6,400 ug/L (J8A). Magnesium was detected in four of the five wells and ranged from undetected (J1 B) to 2,500 ug/L (J5). Detectable sodium occurred in each well sample and ranged from 2,000 ug/L (J6) to 4,500 ug/L (J1 B). Iron was detected in three of the five wells and ranged from undetected (J4 and J5) to 150 ug/L (J6). Well J5 and JBA gave a sample containing 36 ug/L and 37 ug/L manganese respectively. Well J8A also gave a sample containing 73 ug/L aluminum. According to Kellam and Gorday (1990), the high calcium /magnesium ratios for these wells signifies that they derive most of their recharge from local surface water.
3.5.5 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS)
All five wells yielded waters containing detectable barium, with a range from 7.6 ug/L (J6) to 27 ug/L (J8A). Well J8A also gave a sample containing 20 ug/L Zinc and .87 mg/L cadmium. Analysis found no other trace metals.
3.6 FLORIDAN AQUIFER SYSTEM
3. 6. 1 Aquifer System Characteristics
The Floridan aquifer system is developed predominantly in Eocene and Oligocene limestones and dolostones that underlie most of the Coastal Plain Province (Figure 3-6). The aquifer is a major source of ground water for much of its outcrop area and throughout its downdip extent to the south and east.
The upper water-bearing units of the Floridan are the Eocene Ocala Group and the Oligocene Suwanee Limestone (Crews and Huddlestun, 1984). These limestones and dolostones crop out in the Dougherty Plain (a karstic area in southwestern Georgia) and in adjacent areas along strike to the northeast. In parts of Camden and Wayne Counties, the Oligocene unit is absent and the upper portions of the Floridan are restricted to units of Eocene age (Clarke et al., 1990). The lower parts of the Floridan consist mainly of dolomitic limestone of middle and early Eocene age and pelletal, vuggy, dolomitic limestone of Paleocene age, but
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extend into the late Cretaceous in Glynn County. The lower portions of the Floridan are hydrologically connected with the upper parts but are deeply buried and not widely used except for some municipal and industrial wells in the Savannah area. From its updip limit, defined by clays of the Barnwell Group, the aquifer system thickens to well over 700 feet in coastal Georgia.
A dense limestone facies occupying the Gulf Trough locally limits groundwater quality and availability (Kellam and Gorday, 1990; Applied Coastal Research Laboratory, 2001 ). The Gulf Trough may be a filled marine-current channel extending across Georgia from southwestern Decatur County through northern Effingham County. The trough, active beginning in the early Eocene, had ceased operating and filled with sediment in the Miocene.
A ground-water divide separates a smaller southwestward flow regime in the Floridan aquifer system in the Dougherty Plain in southwestern Georgia from the larger southeastward flow regime characteristic for the aquifer system under the remaining part of Georgia's Coastal Plain. Rainfall infiltration in outcrop areas and downward leakage from extensive surficial residuum recharge the Dougherty Plain flow system (Hayes et al., 1983). The main body of the Floridan aquifer system, lying to the east, is recharged by leakage from Jacksonian aquifer and by rainfall infiltration in outcrop areas and in areas where overlying strata are thin. Significant recharge also occurs in the area of Brooks, Echols, Lowndes, Cook and Lanier counties where the Withlacoochee River and numerous sinkholes breach the upper confining units (Krause, 1979).
Monitoring water quality in the Floridan aquifer system made use of 27 wells, with 17 scheduled for sampling on a yearly basis and 10 on a quarterly basis. The total number of samples collected from the wells was 56. All 27 wells are drilled wells. Twenty ftve wells are local-government-owned public supply wells. One well supplies industrial process water. One remaining well is a former USGS test well. Depths range from 174 feet (PA25 municipal well) to 1,211 feet (PA9C test well).
3.6.2 Field Parameters
Measurements of pH are available for 54 of the 56 samples from all 27 wells and ranged from 6.48 (PA36) to 8.11 (PA36). The median pH is 7.64 and the mean is 7.58. Conductivities are also available for 54 of the 56 samples from all 27 wells and ranged from 157 uS/em (PA41A) to 1770 uS/em (PA9C), with a median of 311 uS/em and a mean of 354 uS/em. Temperatures are available for all sampling events and ranged from 17.32 degrees C for well PA17 to 25.64 degrees C for well PA9C. Well PA9C is the deepest of the Floridan wells at 1211 feet. so the high temperature reflects the geothermal effect. Forty-eight dissolved oxygen measurements are available from 24 wells. The available measurements range from 0.62 mg/L (PA29) to 9.29 mg/L (PA27). No measurements were taken at well PA4, PA5 and PA14A because the raw water outlet will not permit the attachment of the usual sampling apparatus and exposes sample water to air.
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3.6.3 Major Anions, Non-Metals, and Volatile Organic Compounds
Six Floridan wells yielded 11 samples containing detectable chloride. Chloride concentrations ranged from undetected to 790 mg/L (PA9C). The measurement for well PA9C is more than 17 times the next highest concentration of 45 mg/L for well PA4. Well PA9C derives water from the lower part of the Floridan aquifer. Twenty three samples from 14 wells gave samples containing detectable sulfate. Levels ranged from undetected to 270 mg/L (PA9C). Nineteen water samples from 10 wells contained detectable nitrate/nitrite. Concentrations ranged from undetected to 2.0 mg/L as nitrogen (PA25). There is a general tendency for shallower wells to give samples with higher levels of nitrate/nitrite. Nitrate/nitrite levels in the samples from each quarterly sampled well tend, as a rule, to be similar to one another. Phosphorus was detected in 28 samples from 20 wells. Phosphorus levels ranged up to 3.0 mg/L (PA36) as total phosphorus. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), consisting entirely of trihalomethane compounds, were detected in six samples from three wells (PA17, PA23 and PA28). The compounds typically arise as byproduct& from disinfection and their presence can indicate the reflux of treated water back down a well or result from sterilizing well plumbing following maintenance. For well PA23, samples regularly register detectable trihalomethanes, suggestive of leaky valves allowing treated water back down the well. For the remaining wells, the occasional nature of trihalomethane detections suggests a maintenance related origin.
3.6.4 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP)
ICP analyses found detectable levels of potassium, manganese, iron, calcium, magnesium, aluminum and sodium. Detectable potassium occurred in only
two samples from two wells (PA4 and PA9C). Failure to find detectable potassium
in other samples results from the insensitivity of the testing procedure, as indicated by the high reporting limit (5,000 ug/L) for the metal. Detectable manganese occurred in 15 samples from six wells. The maximum concentration of 99 ug/L occurred in a sample from well PA34A. All four samples from quarterly-sampled well PA34A and samples from annually sampled wells PA16 and PA18 exceeded the Secondary MCL of 50 ug/L. The manganese levels in the samples from each of the quarterly sampled wells vary within a restricted range. Wells giving samples with manganese detections seem clustered in two areas: one in the Cook-lrwinLanier County area and the other in the Candler-Emanuei-Jenkins-Telfair-Toombs County area. Iron was detected in 20 samples from 10 wells. Of these, only the sample from annual well PA9C, with an iron level of 910 ug/L, exceeded the Secondary MCL (300 ug/L). The iron contents of samples from three quarterly wells (PA29, PA34A and PA36) seemed to vary within restricted ranges. Detectable magnesium was found in all samples from all wells except for those from quarterly well PA25. Magnesium concentrations ranged up to 83,000 ug/L (well PA9C), with a mean of 13,656 ug/L and a median of 12,000 ug/L. Non-detections were not included. Well PA25 is a Floridan recharge area well. Kellam and Gorday (1990) have noted that Ca/Mg ratios are higher in ground waters from Floridan recharge areas, as is the case with this well. Magnesium levels in samples from each
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quarterly well seem to vary within relatively narrow ranges. Calcium was detected in all samples from the 27 Floridan wells. Concentrations ranged from 20,000 ug/L (PA41A) to 110,000 ug/L (PA9C), with a mean of 39,071 ug/L and a median of 36,000 ug/L. For samples from quarterly wells, calcium concentrations seem to fall within a narrow range for each well. Ca/Mg ratios in Floridan well waters have already been mentioned. Aluminum was detected above the Secondary MCL of 50200 ug/L in two samples from two quarterly wells, PA36 and PA56, at a concentration of 130 ug/L and 150 ug/L respectively. Sodium was also found in all sample waters from all 27 wells and ranged in concentration from 1,700 ug/L
(PA41A) to 430,000 ug/L (PA9C), with a mean of 17,880 ug/L and a median of 7,250
ug/L. Sodium concentrations generally increase with depth.
3.6.5 Metals by lnductivelyCoupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS)
ICPMS analysis found the following detectable metals in the Floridan samples: copper, zinc, lead, arsenic, selenium, molybdenum, barium and uranium. Four samples from quarterly well PA23 registered arsenic detection below the Primary MCL (1 0 ug/L). The well has given intermittent samples with detectable arsenic before. Annual well PA9C gave a sample showing detectable selenium below the Primary MCL (50 ug/L). Seven samples contained detectable copper, one from annual well PA17, one from quarterly well PA23, two from quarterly well PA14A and three from quarterly well PA36. Unlike most other wells, quarterly well PA14A furnishes sample water through a small diameter copper tube. Annual well PA9C and quarterly wells PA23 and PA36 gave samples with detectable zinc. Quarterly wells PA23 and PA36 contained detectable lead. Copper and lead detections were below the action levels of 1,300 ug/L for copper and 15 ug/L for lead. The zinc concentration fell below the Secondary MCL of 5,000 ug/L. Twelve samples drawn from quarterly wells PA23, PA28 and PA56 contained detectable molybdenum. Well PA28 produced the sample with the highest concentration, 72 ug/L. All three wells are in the Gulf Trough area. Uranium was detected in 11 samples from two quarterly wells (PA44 and PA56) and three annual wells (PA39, PA31 and PA22), also in the Gulf Trough area. The maximum concentration was 3.3 ug/L for well PA56, below the Primary MCL of 30 ug/L. Barium was detected in all samples from all wells and ranged in concentration from 3.8 ug/L (PA14A) to 200 ug/L (PA34A and PA39), all below the Primary MCL of 2,000 ug/L. The mean concentration was 89.0 ug/L and the median was 96.5 ug/L. Barium seems to be more abundant in samples from wells of 400 foot to 700 foot depth range.
3.7 MIOCENE/SURFICIAL AQUIFER SYSTEM
3. 7.1 Aquifer System Characteristics
The Miocene/Surficial aquifer system is developed in sands of the Miocene Hawthorne Group and of the Pliocene Miccosukee and Cypresshead Formations of the Georgia Coastal Plain (Figure 37).
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The Hawthorne Group covers most of the Coastal Plain and consists predominantly of sand and clay (Huddlestun, 1988), although carbonate rocks and phosphorites may locally be significant (Huddlestun, 1988; Clarke et al., 1990). Clarke et al., 1990, note that three sequences consisting of a basal dense phosphatic limestone layer, a middle clay layer, and an upper sand layer typify the Miocene section in the coastal area. The sand layers in the two lowermost of the sequences host the lower and upper Brunswick aquifers, which are included in the Miocene/Surficial aqutfer system of this report.
The Cypresshead Formation overlies the Hawthorne Group in the Coastal area (from the Atlantic coast to about 45 miles inland) and consists, in updip areas, predominantly of fine to coarse- grained quartz sand and, in downdip areas, interbedded fine sand and clay (Huddlestun, 1988). In the Coastal Plain of far south central and southwestern Georgia, the Miccosukee Formation overlies the Hawthorne Group (Huddlestun, 1988).
The Miccosukee Formation consists predominantly of sand but contains some clay. The characteristic lithology consists of thin-bedded to laminated fine to medium sand with scattered layers or laminae of clay. Also included in the aquifer system are Pleistocene arkosic sands and gravels interbedded with clays and Holocene sands and gravels interbedded with muds. The upper part of the aquifer system is unconfined, whereas, the deeper parts of the system may be locally confined and under artesian conditions.
Six annually sampled wells were used to monitor the Miocene/Surficial aqutfer system. Wells Ml1, MI2A, MI9A and MI10B are private domestic wells, with MI9A and MI10B no longer being used as drinking water sources. Well Ml16 is used for general purposes at a fire station. Well Ml17 originated as a geologic bore hole - a hole drilled for investigating bedrock -that became a flowing well. It is currently used both as a domestic water source and as an augmentation well for maintaining a pond. Wells MI2A and MI9A are bored wells. The remainder are drilled wells. Depths, actual or approximate, have been determined for all six wells.
3. 7.2 Field Parameters
The pHs of the sample waters from the six wells used to monitor the Miocene/Surficial aquifer system ranged from 3.88 (well MI2A) to 7.92 (well Ml16). Three of the six wells sampled (MI2A, MI10B and MI9A) produced acidic water. The remaining three gave basic water. The acidic water-yielding wells included the two shallowest, while the basic water-producing wells included the two deepest. Conductivities ranged from 106 uS/em (MI2A) to 510 uS/em (MI9A). Water temperatures ranged from 19.03 degrees C (MI17) to 23.74 degrees C (MI9A). Dissolved oxygen data are available for four of the six wells and range from 2.08 mg/L (MI1) to 8.98 mg/L (MI2A). Valid dissolved oxygen measurements cannot be made on well MI9A and Ml17 since one must be sampled with a bailer and the other is exposed to air before sampling.
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3. 7.3 Major Anions, Non-Metals, and Volatile Organic Compounds
Chloride registered at 12 mg/L and 18 mg/L in samples from the two bored wells MI2A and MI9A respectively. The sample from the deepest Miocene well (MI16) provided the only sulfate detection at 35 mg/L. Nitrate/nitrite was detected in sample waters from the bored wells MI2A and MI9A, lying in the range of likely human influence~ 3.1 mg/L as nitrogen) (Madison and Brunett, 1984). The former well registered 5.9 mg/L as nitrogen and the latter 44 mg/L, the maximum found. The nitrate/nitrite level for well MI9A also exceeded the Primary MCL of 10 mg/L as nitrogen. Detectable phosphorus was found in samples from all wells. The concentrations ranged from 0.02 mg/L (MI16) to 0.34 mg/L (MI108). None of the samples contained detectable VOCs.
3. 7.4 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP)
Samples from all six wells contained calcium, magnesium, and sodium. Calcium levels ranged from 3,500 ug/L (well MI2A) to 45,000 ug/L (well Ml17). Magnesium levels ranged from 1,900 ug/L (well Ml17) to 19,000 ug/L (well MI9A). Sodium levels ranged from 2,800 ug/L (well MI9A) to 16,000 ug/L (well Ml18). Potassium was detected in well MI2A (5,400 ug/L) and well MI9A (14,000 ug/L). Iron was detected in the sample from well Ml1 08 at 1,600 ug/L. This last value far exceeds the Secondary MCL for iron of 300 ug/L. Manganese was found in samples from four wells: Ml1 (10 ug/L), M19A (80 ug/L), Ml108 (73 ug/L) and Ml17 (12 ug/L). The 60 ug/L and 73 ug/L levels exceed the Secondary MCL for manganese of 50 ug/L. The high iron and manganese levels in water from drillftd well Ml1 08 are the reason the residents ceased using the water for household purposes, i.e., cooking, drinking, and laundering. Aluminum was detected above the Secondary MCL of 50-200 ug/L in two wells: MI2A (120 ug/L) and MI9A (250 ug/L).
3. 7.5 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS)
ICPMS analyses found detectable copper, zinc, selenium, barium, and lead in the Miocene aquifer samples. All six samples contained detectable barium, which ranged in concentration from 19 ug/L (well Ml1) to 310 ug/L (well MI9A). The sample from drilled well Ml1 08 contained selenium at a level of 13 ug/L. Selenium at detectable levels is rare in Georgia's ground water. Zinc was detected in samples from well Ml1 (31 ug/L) and Ml108 (28 ug/L). Detectable lead occurred in the sample from bored well MI2A at a concentration of 5.7 ug/L. The sample from bored well MI2A also contained copper at a level of 8.0 ug/L. The copper, lead, and zinc in the water samples were likely derived from plumbing. None of the metals exceeded applicable action levels (1,300 ug/L for copper, 15 ug/L for lead) or MCLs {5,000 ug/L Secondary for zinc).
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Sampling station Figure 3-7. Locations of Stations Monitoring the Miocene/Surficial Aquifer System.
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3.8 PIEDMONT/BLUE RIDGE AQUIFER SYSTEM
3. B. 1 Aquifer System Characteristics
The Piedmont/Blue Ridge aquifer system in Georgia is part of the Piedmont and mountain aquifer system that extends from New Jersey into Alabama (Daniel and Harned, 1997). The system is unconfined or semiconfined and is composed of two major hydrogeologic units: a) regolith and b) fractured igneous and metamorphic bedrock (Heath, 1980; Daniel and Harned, 1997). Figure 3-8 shows the extent of the system in Georgia.
The regolith hydrologic unit is comprised of a mantle of soil, alluvium in and near stream bottoms and underlying saprolite. Saprolite is bedrock that has undergone extensive chemical weathering in place. Downward percolating, typically acidic, ground water leaches alkali, alkaline earth and certain other divalent metals from micas, feldspars, and other minerals composing the original rock, leaving behind a clay-rich residual material. Textures and structures of the original rock are usually well-preserved, with the saprolite appearing as a "rotten" version of the original rock. The regolith unit is characterized by high, mostly primary porosity (35% to 55%) (Daniel and Harned, 1998) and serves as the reservoir that feeds water into the underlying fractured bedrock. Though it can store a great deal of water, saprolite, owing to its clay content, does not give up its water very rapidly. Saprolite grades downward through a transition zone consisting of saprolite and partially weathered bedrock with some fresh bedrock into fresh bedrock.
The fractured bedrock hydrologic unit is developed in igneous and metamorphic rocks. In contrast to the regolith, the porosity in such rocks is almost totally secondary, consisting of fractures and solution-enlarged voids. In the North Carolina Piedmont, Daniel and Harned (1997) found 1% to 3% porosity typical for bedrock. Fractures consist of faults, breaks in the rock with differential displacement between the broken sections, and joints, breaks in the rock with little or no differential displacement Heath (1980). Fractures tend to be wider and more numerous closer to the top of the bedrock. Daniel and Harned (1997) noted that at a depth of about 600 feet, pressure from the overlying rock column becomes too great and holds fractures shut. Fracturing in schistose rocks consists mainly of a network of fine, hair-line cracks which yield water slowly. Fractures in more massive rocks (e.g. granitic rocks, diabases, gneisses, marbles, quartzites) are mostly open and are subject to conduit flow. Thus wells intersecting massive-rock fractures are able to yield far larger amounts of water than wells in schistose rocks or even wells in regolith. Fractures can be concentrated along fault zones, shear zones, late-generation fold axes, foliation planes, lithologic contacts, compositional layers, or intrusion boundaries.
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Fifty-one samples from 19 wells and two springs were used to monitor water quality in the Piedmont/Blue Ridge aquifer system. Eighteen of these wells are drilled. Fourteen of the 19 wells are public supply wells, and the remaining five are domestic. One of the 19 wells is bored (P33) and is in domestic use. Of the two springs, one (P12A) is a mineral spring at a State park, and the other spring (BR5) is a public supply source. The State park mineral spring (P12A) and the following wells are scheduled for sampling on a quarterly basis: P21, P23, P25, P32, P33, P34, P35, P37 and BR1 B. Well P25 was added to the network on a quarterly basis, and per agreement with the State Park manager an annual filtered sample is to be collected in addition to the quarterly unfiltered ones. The remaining stations are sampled on a yearly basis. Where their depths are known, wells deriving water from the bedrock aquifer range in depth from 150 feet to 705 feet. Domestic bored well P33, the only well drawing from the regolith aquifer, is 47 feet deep.
3. 8.2 Field Parameters
Fifty-one pH measurements from all 21 stations are available for the Piedmont/Blue Ridge aquifer system. The pHs ranged from 4.93 (P38) to 7.70 (P32). Twelve total samples were basic; all four samples from quarterly well P32, three samples from quarterly spring P12A, two samples from quarterly well P35, two samples from quarterly well BR1 B and the sample from annual well P20. The remaining samples were acidic, including all samples from quarterly regolith well P33. The mean pH was 6.36 and the median 6.26. Conductivity measurements are available for all 51 samples. Conductivities range from 33 uS/em (well P22) to 980 uS/em (well P32). Samples with the higher pHs generally tended to have higher conductivities and vice versa. Temperatures were available for all sampled waters and range from 13.50 degrees C (spring BR5) to 22.34 degrees C (well P25). Geothermally elevated temperatures are not readily apparent for the Piedmont/Blue Ridge. Latitude, ground elevation, and season appear to have more influence on the sampling temperature. Dissolved oxygen measurements are available for 46 of the 51 samples from 19 of 21 stations. The samples from quarterly spring P12A and annual spring BR5 received no dissolved oxygen measurements since exposure of the sample water to air can render the measurement inaccurate. Dissolved oxygen levels ranged from 0.64 mg/L for quarterly well P32 to 10.52 mg/L for quarterly well P33. The 10.52 mg/L reading lies above the oxygen saturation level for the temperature at sampling (18.05 degrees C). This reading suggests free-falling (cascading) water in the well or entrainment of air at the pump intake due to a low pumping water level and does not reflect the actual oxygen level in the ground water.
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3.8.3 Major Anions, Non-Metals, and Volatile Organic Compounds
All samples received testing for chloride, sulfate, nitrate/nitrite, total phosphorus, and VOCs. Four samples each from spring P12A and well P23, both located at Indian Springs State Park, received testing for fluoride. Four stations yielded ten samples with detectable chloride: quarterly well P37 with all four samples; quarterly spring P12A with all four samples; annual well P30 with one sample and quarterly well P21 with one sample. Well P37 gave the sample with the highest level at 11 0 mg/L. Detectable fluoride occurred in all four samples from well P23 at levels of 1.1 mg/L to 1.2 mg/L. Detectable fluoride also occurred in all four samples from quarterly spring P12A at levels ranging from 4.4 mg/L to 5.0 mg/L. This last range of levels exceeds the Primary MCL of 4 mg/L for fluoride; the spring water from this station has consistently done so in the past. Historical fluoride levels have ranged from slightly above 4 mg/L to slightly above 5 mg/L. Sulfate was detected in 25 samples from six quarterly and three annual stations, with the highest concentration (450 mg/L) occurring in a sample from quarterly well P32. Lab apparatus difficulties prevented sulfate analysis of a fourth sample from that well (P32). Spring P12A and quarterly wells P32, P37, P34, P21 and BR1 Beach have sulfate values that vary within narrow ranges. All samples from quarterly spring P12A and from quarterly well P35 lacked detectable nitrate/nitrite. All other stations contained some or all samples with some nitrate/nitrite, with a high concentration of 3.1 mg/L as nitrogen for annual well P30 lying in the range of likely human influence (~ 3.1 mg/L as nitrogen) (Madison and Brunett, 1984). This level is well below the Primary MCL of 10 mg/L as nitrogen. Detectable phosphorus occurred in 36 samples from 15 wells and 2 springs, with the highest concentration of 0.17 mg/L being found for quarterly well P34. Phosphorus concentrations vary within narrow ranges within the quartets of samples from quarterly spring P12A and from quarterly wells P21 , P23, P25, P33 and P34. No detectable VOCs occurred in any Piedmont/Blue Ridge samples.
3.8.4 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP)
ICP analysis found detectable aluminum, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, and sodium. No beryllium, cobalt, titanium, or vanadium was detected. Calcium was found in all samples. A sample from quarterly well P35 also contained no detectable calcium, however this lack of calcium arose because sample water was inadvertently directed through a water softener prior to sampling. The highest calcium levels (250,000 ug/L, 190,000 ug/L, 170,000 ug/L, 99,000 ug/L) occurred in the quarterly samples from well P32. Omitting the spurious sample from well P35 of below-detection level, the mean calcium concentration was 31,784 ug/L and the median concentration 16,500 ug/L. As a rule, calcium levels of samples from each quarterly station tend to cluster closely. Magnesium was detected in 44 samples from 18 stations. Magnesium contents of sample waters ranged from not detected up to 34,000 ug/L (well P30). As with calcium, magnesium levels in samples from each quarterly well generally tend to cluster. All samples from the quarterly regolith well P33 and samples from annual
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bedrock well P38 and annual spring BR5 contained no detectable magnesium. A sample from quarterly well P35 registered no magnesium due to a water softener that was mistakenly left engaged. Sodium was present in all samples and ranged from 2,200 ug/L in the sample from well P22 to 40,000 ug/L in a sample from spring P12A. The sodium level of 46,000 ug/L detected in quarterly well P35 will be disregarded since it is due to the water softener depositing excess sodium. Sodium levels for each quarterly well have a general tendency to cluster. The mean sodium concentration is 13,602 ug/L and the median is 11,000 ug/L. Detectable potassium was found in three samples from one station (well P35). Potassium was not detected in one sample from P35 due to interference from a water softener. The low sensitivity of the current laboratory testing procedure for potassium probably accounts for the apparent scarcity of this metal. Aluminum was detected in four samples from wells P33 and BR1 B. Well P33 registered the highest level at 240 ug/L. Two samples from that well equaled or exceeded the high limit of 200 ug/L for the Secondary MCL range for aluminum. Aluminum levels in the remaining samples exceeded the low limit of 50 ug/L for the Secondary MCL range but not the upper limit. Iron was detected in 24 samples from 11 wells, with a range from not detected up to 1,100 ug/L (well P39). This concentration exceeds the Secondary MCL for iron of 300 ug/L. Three other wells produced samples with an iron level equal to or greater than the Secondary MCL; well P25 (390 ug/L), well P33 (300 ug/L and 370 ug/L) and well P37 (700 ug/L). Manganese was detected in 30 samples from nine wells and one spring, with a maximum concentration of 130 ug/L (well P35). All samples from quarterly wells P21 and P37 as well as three samples from quarterly well P35 equaled or exceeded the Secondary MCL of 50 ug/L. The fourth sample from well P35 lacked detectable manganese due to inadvertent passage through a water softener.
3.8.5 Metals by lnductiveJy.coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS)
ICPMS analysis of water samples detected the following metals: chromium, copper, zinc, barium, lead and uranium. None of the following metals were found in detectable amounts: nickel, arsenic, selenium, molybdenum, silver, cadmium, tin, antimony, and thallium. Chromium was detected in only one sample from well P28. Copper occurred in 14 samples from 5 wells, with a maximum level of 30 ug/L in the sample from well P22. This sample also had the lowest pH. All copper detections occurred in acidic waters, with the highest pH for a sample containing detectable copper registering at 6.85. No detectable copper occurred in neutral or basic waters. Zinc was detected in 21 samples from ten wells, with the maximum level at 40 ug/L from well P24. All zinc detections except for two, wells P32 (pH 7.13) and P20 (pH 7.31), occurred in acidic waters. Lead was detected in 9 samples from six wells. All lead detections occurred in acidic water. Only one lead detection (P38) occurred without zinc or copper detections. Barium, as elsewhere in the State's ground water, was a nearly ubiquitous trace metal, being detected in 44 samples from 18 wells and one spring. All four samples from quarterly spring P12A, one sample from quarterly well P32, one sample from annual well P30 and one sample from quarterly well P35 contained no detectable barium. The sample from well P35 lacking detectable barium had inadvertently been passed through a water softener.

The maximum concentration was 170 ug/L from a sample from annual well P20. No samples exceeded the Primary MCL of 2,000 ug/L. Uranium was detected in 31 samples from 11 wells. Uranium concentrations ranged from not detected up to 22 ug/L, found in a sample from well P25. Granitic bedrock is present where four of the wells are drilled and is the most common bedrock type to host uraniferous water.
3.9 VALLEY AND RIDGE/APPALACHIAN PLATEAU AQUIFER SYSTEM
3. 9. 1 Aquifer System Characteristics
Since Georgia's portion of the Appalachian Plateau Province extends over such a small area of the State, i.e., its northwestern corner, this report includes that province with the Valley and Ridge Province for purposes of discussion. Bedrock in the combined province is sedimentary, comprising limestones, dolostones, shales, siltstones, mudstones, conglomerates and sandstones (Figure 3-9).
Primary porosity in the province's bedrock is low, leaving fractures and solution-enlarged voids as the main water-bearing structures. The bedrock in the province is extensively faulted and folded, conditions that have served to proliferate fracturing and to segment water-bearing strata into numerous local flow systems, in contrast to the expansive regional flow regimes characteristic of the Coastal Plain sediments. Fractures in limestones and dolostones can become much enlarged by solution, greatly increasing their ability to store water.
Zones of intense fracturing commonly occur in carbonate bedrock along such structures as fold axes and fault planes and are especially prone to weathering. Such zones of intense fracturing give rise to broad valleys with gently sloping sides and bottoms covered with thick regolith. The carbonate bedrock beneath such valleys presents a voluminous source of typically hard ground water.
As in the Piedmont/Blue Ridge Province, the regolithic mantle of soil and residuum derived from weathered bedrock blankets much of the Valley and Ridge/ Appalachian Plateau Province. The water table lying within the regolithic mantle yields soft water ctreestone" water) sufficient for domestic and light agricultural use (Cressler et al., 1976; 1979). The regolithic mantle also acts as a reservoir, furnishing water to the underlying bedrock, which supplies most of the useful ground water in the province.
Monitoring water quality in the Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau aquifers made use of four springs and two drilled wells (Figure 3-9). Springs VR2A, VR8 and VR1 0 are public supply springs. Spring VR3 is a former public supply spring now serving ornamental purposes in a public park. Well VR1 is a public supply well, and well VR6A is an industrial process water source. Spring VR8 is scheduled for quarterly sampling, while all the other stations are sampled on an annual basis. All stations tap carbonate bedrock aquifers.
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3.9.2 Field Parameters
Sample water pHs ranged from 6.35 for spring VR2A to 7.52 for well VR6A. Conductivities ranged from 254 uS/em (well VR1) to 291 uS/em (well VR6A). Dissolved oxygen measurements are available for well VR1 (10.02 mg/L). Dissolved oxygen measurements were made on spring waters at or downstream of spring heads; however, due to atmospheric exposure at the spring heads, these measurements may not validly represent oxygen levels in the water prior to discharge. The temperature of sample waters from well VR1 was 16.21 degrees C and from well VR6A was 17.64 degrees C. For spring waters, contact with the surface environment may have altered actual water temperatures present at the spring heads, since water temperatures were measured downstream from the spring heads.
3.9.3 Major Anions, Non-Metals, and Volatile Organic Compounds
Neither chloride nor sulfate was detected in any of the sample waters. Phosphorus (0.02 mg/L) was detected in the sample from well VR6A. Detectable nitrate/nitrite was present in all of the sample waters and ranged from 0.70 mg/L as nitrogen in well VR1 to 1.80 mg/L as nitrogen in spring VR10. The sample from well VR6A was the only one to contain detectable VOCs. The compounds consisted of: 1,1-dichloroethylene at 1.7 ug/L (Primary MCL = 7 ug/L), tetrachloroethylene at 2.1
ug/L (Primary MCL = 5 ug/L), m-dichlorobenzene at 0.54 ug/L (no Primary MCL), odichlorobenzene at 1.7 ug/L (Primary MCL = 600 ug/L) and chlorobenzene at 0.51 ug/L (Primary MCL = 100 ug/L). The compounds, particularly the chlorinated
ethylenes are used primarily as solvents. 0-dichlorobenzene is additionally used as a starting material for some agricultural chemicals. The owner/user of well VR6A manufactures barium and strontium compounds and anthraquinone.
3.9.4 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP)
ICP analysis found calcium, iron, magnesium, and sodium in all samples. Detectable iron was present in one of the four samples from spring VR8 at 34 ug/L and in the sample from spring VR10 at 11 0 ug/L, all at levels below the Secondary MCL of 300 ug/L. Neither manganese nor aluminum was detected in any of the samples. Calcium levels ranged from 28,000 ug/L from well VR1 to 37,000 ug/L from spring VR2A. Magnesium levels ranged from 13,000 ug/L from spring VR2A to 18,000 ug/L from well VR6A. Sodium levels ranged from 1,300 ug/L from spring VR3 to 5,900 ug/L from well VR6A.
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3. 9. 5 Metals by Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS) ICPMS analysis found barium, copper, lead and zinc. Detectable barium
was present in all samples and ranged from 8.8 ug/L from well VR1 to 530 ug/L from well VR6A. All samples save the one from VR6A have barium levels below 100 ug/L. Well VR6A furnishes process water to a firm that manufactures barium and strontium compounds and is situated in an area that sees the mining and processing of barite. Copper at a level of 6.0 ugiL, lead at a level of 11.0 ugiL and zinc at a level of 22.0 ugiL were all found in the sample from spring VR10. A spigot in the treatment house near the spring head or related plumbing may have contributed these three metals. This spigot is the only source of untreated water from the spring.
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CHAPTER 4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
EPD personnel collected 144 water samples from 76 wells and six springs on the Ground-Water Monitoring Network during the calendar year 2014. The samples were analyzed for VOCs, chloride, sulfate, nitrate/nitrite, total phosphorus, 15 trace metals by ICPMS analysis, and 11 major metals by ICP analysis. Waters from two neighboring stations in the central Piedmont received analyses for fluoride because one of the stations was known to produce water with excessive levels of that ion. These wells and springs monitor the water quality of eight major aquifers and aquifer systems as considered for this report in Georgia:
Cretaceous/Providence aquifer system,
Clayton aquifer,
Claiborne aquifer,
Jacksonian aquifer
Floridan aquifer system,
Miocene/Recent aquifer system,
Piedmont/Blue Ridge aquifer system,
Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau aquifer system.
4.1 PHYSICAL PARAMETERS AND pH
4.1.1 pH
The Cretaceous/Providence aquifer system, developed in Coastal Plain sands, furnished waters with the overall lowest pHs. This aquifer system featured only three wells yielding waters with basic pHs.
Not many stations were available to sample wells tapping the Clayton, Claiborne, or Jacksonian aquifers. However, the results are these: 1) Clayton - acidic - as expected for updip portions of the aquifer, downdip portions should be basic; 2) Claiborne - one basic, two acidic - one acidic-yielding well is shallow and updip in sands; basic-yielding well is deeper and probably penetrates some limey sand or limestone; 3) Jacksonian -two basic, two acidic and one neutral- basic and neutral waters should be expected from limey sands.
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The Floridan aquifer system, as might be expected for carbonate-rock aquifers, gave waters with mildly basic pHs. Waters from the Floridan are the most basic in pH of any in the study.
The Miocene aquifer system is developed in sands. However, these may include shelly detritus in some places (evident at surface excavations near well Ml17 and at coastal well Ml16). Dissolution of such detritus is capable of raising the pHs of ground waters in such areas, giving water from this well a mildly basic pH. In places where such shelly matter is not available, waters emerge with low pHs, as at well MI2A.
Sample-water pHs in the Piedmont/Blue Ridge are general mildly acidic, with 12 out of 51 sample measurements exceeding a pH of 7.00.
The Valley-and-Ridge/Appalachian Plateau sampling stations are all located in the Valley-and-Ridge sector. With carbonate rocks being the major aquifer media, samples from the sector would be expected to be mildly basic. Of the nine samples taken in the sector, four were acidic, but three of the four were close to neutral: two from two of the three annually sampled springs and two from a quarterly sampled spring. Three of six stations, thus, gave acidic water, in contrast to the Floridan aquifer, where all 27 stations yielded basic samples. The seeming unusual high incidence of acidic water may be due to a larger amount of typically acidic precipitation entering the springs' flow systems than the carbonate bedrock can neutralize.
The very acidic pHs of the sample waters in the updip portions of the Jacksonian, Clayton, Claiborne, and, particularly, the Cretaceous/Providence can face metal plumbing with leaching and corrosion problems. Such waters may contain elevated or excessive, but not naturally occurring, levels of lead, copper, and zinc.
4.1.2 Conductivity
Conductivity in ground waters from the sandy Cretaceous/ Providence aquifer system seems to be highest for the deeper wells near the Chattahoochee River. Overall, conductivities are relatively low, in the range of lower tens of microsiemens.
Similar conductivities can be found in waters from the updip portions of the Clayton and Claiborne aquifers, where the media consist mostly of sand. For the Piedmont/Blue Ridge aquifer system, low conductivities could be associated with ground waters hosted by quartzites or quartz veins. High conductivities may arise in waters in deep flow regimes where waters are long in contact with granitic and other reactive host rocks.
Conductivities of ground waters in the Floridan and other carbonate rock aquifers are generally higher than those in siliceous rocks. This condition results from the dissolution of carbonate minerals, in cases augmented by dissolution of intergranular sulfate, where dissolved sulfate will also be present in the water.
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4.1.3 Temperature
Ground-water temperatures measured under the current sampling procedure are only approximations of the actual ground-water temperature, as some heating can result from the action of pumping and heating or cooling can result from exposure to ambient surface conditions. Nevertheless, ground waters from shallower wells in the northern part of the State are overall somewhat cooler than those from the southern part; and those from wells much deeper than about 400 to 500 feet show effects from geothermal warming.
4.2 ANIONS, NON-METALS AND VOCS
4.2.1 Chloride and Fluoride
Water samples receive testing for fluoride only at Piedmont/Blue Ridge stations P12A, a mineral spring and well P23, a nearby well. AJI four samples from spring P12A exceeded the Primary MCL for fluoride. Testing more stations for fluoride could provide a better base level assessment of fluoride contents in the State's ambient ground waters.
Chloride at currently detectable levels is not too common in ambient ground waters. Abundance seems to be largest in the Miocene/Surficial, with two of six stations of less than 100 feet depth giving water with detectable chloride. Chloride is also relatively abundant in Piedmont/Blue Ridge waters, detected at four out of 21 stations, and in deeper Floridan waters, detected at six out of 27 stations. The Floridan occurrences seem restricted to the Gulf Trough and Coastal areas, with the Coastal area sample from well PA9C giving the study's only Second_ary MCL exceedance for chloride.
4.2.2 Sulfate
Sulfate is more widespread than chloride. Sulfate is more abundant in deeper waters, with the shallowest occurrence, aside from Piedmont/Blue Ridge mineral spring P12A, being 200 feet-deep well J6. The substance seems more abundant in the Piedmont/Blue Ridge, occurring in detectable amounts in waters from nine of 21 stations. Sulfate also has considerable presence in Floridan sample waters (detectable at 11 out of 27 stations), and in Jacksonian sample waters (2 out of 5 stations). The sample from Piedmont well P32 yielded the study's highest overall sulfate content and a Secondary MCL exceedance. The lowest incidences of detectable sulfate were in the Miocene/Surficial at one of six stations.
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4.2.3 Nitrate/Nitrite
Eighty-four samples from 50 of the 82 stations sampled for this project contained detectable nitrate/nitrite. At least one sampling station drawing from each of the aquifers and aquifer systems discussed in this report gave a sample with detectable nitrate/nitrite. The combined substances are most widespread among the Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau samples, where all stations gave samples containing detectable amounts. The combined substances are also widespread in Piedmont/Blue Ridge and Floridan waters. The three highest concentrations of nitrate/nitrite (44 mg/L at well MI9A, 5.9 mg/L at well MI2A and 3.8 mg/L at well J8A) occurred at Miocene/Surficial and Jacksonian stations. The first sample exceeded Primary MCL of 10 mg/L as nitrogen, and, the next two exceeded the 3 mg/L (as nitrogen) level generally considered to indicate human influence (Madison and Brunett, 1984; Gaskin et al., 2003).
Since nitrate/nitrite, an oxidant, becomes depleted the farther water travels away from oxidizing, near-surface environments and into reducing ones, a rude inverse relation exists between the concentration of the combined substances and well depths. The nitrate/nitrite concentrations in Floridan samples illustrate this: the combined substances are undetected in wells deeper than about 650 feet and reach a maximum concentration of 1.6 mg/L to 2.0 mg/L in four of four samples from well PA25, 174 feet deep. The situation in the Piedmont/Blue Ridge is less straightforward, as mineral spring P12A lacks detectable nitrate/nitrite and well P24 at 700 feet gives water with a concentration of 0.25 mg/L.
4.2.4 Phosphorus
Analyses determine only total phosphorus; the method used (EPA Method 365.1) for testing cannot determine how the element is bound. There were three samples from three stations collected for the Claiborne, however this aquifer registered the highest mean phosphorus content of 0.29 mg/L. Of the more extensively sampled Piedmont/Blue Ridge and Floridan aquifer systems, the former registered a mean phosphorus content of 0.04 mg/L and the latter a content of 0.07 mg/L. The high phosphorus value for the Piedmont/Blue Ridge was 0.17 mg/L and the high for the Floridan was 3.0 mg/L, which was the highest value for all the aquifers. The apparent low phosphorus content occurred for the Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau aquifer system with only one detection at .02 mg/L.
4.2.5 Dissolved Oxygen
The measurement of dissolved oxygen contents is beset with some difficulties that can cause spurious values: instrument malfunction; aeration of well water due to cascading or to a pump's entraining air at low pumping water levels; measuring at spring pools or at sampling points that cannot be isolated from atmosphere. Nevertheless, measured dissolved oxygen generally decreases with well depth.
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4.2.6 Volatile Organic Compounds
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were found in eight samples from five wells (see Table 4-2). None exceeded their respective Primary MCLs. The trihalomethanes-chloroform, bromodichloromethane, chlorodibromomethane, and bromoform --were the most widely occurring of the VOCs. These compounds result from halogen-bearing disinfectants reacting with organic matter naturally present in the water. Two scenarios accompany the occurrence of the compounds. The first involves disinfection of the well and plumbing components incident to maintenance or repairs, as took place in 2012 with well PA44. The second scenario involves leaking check valves or foot valves that allow disinfectant-treated water to flow back down the well when pumps are off, as apparently happened with well PA23.
Well VR6A yielded water containing chlorinated ethylene compounds. Sample water from VR6A also contained detectable chlorinated benzene compounds. The former are used as -solvents; in addition to solvent uses, the latter can be used as disinfectants, fumigants, pesticides, and starters for manufacturing other compounds. The owner of well VR6A, Chemical Products Corporation, manufactures barium and strontium compounds.
4.3 ICP METALS
Analysis using inductively coupled plasma spectrometry (ICP) works well for metals that occur in larger concentrations in ground water samples. Samples in this study were not filtered, so the method measured analytes that occurred in fine suspended matter as well as those occurring as solutes. The laboratory used the technique to test for aluminum, beryllium, calcium, cobalt, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, titanium, and vanadium. No beryllium, cobalt, titanium, or vanadium occurred in any samples at detectable levels.
4.3.1 Aluminum
Aluminum, a common naturally occurring metal in the State's ground water may be present in particulate form or as a solute. Current sampling procedures do not allow separate analyses of particulates and solutes. For its Secondary MCL, aluminum is subject to a range of concentrations from 50 ug/L to 200 ug/L, depending on the ability of a water system to remove the metal from water undergoing treatment. The EPD laboratory's reporting level for the metal, 60 ug/L lies within the Secondary MCL range, placing any sample with detectable aluminum within the MCL range.
The metal appears to be most abundant in water samples with acidic pHs and, as a rule, is more concentrated the higher the acidity. The Miocene/Recent aquifer system, updip portions of the Cretaceous/Providence aquifer system, and updip
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terrigenous clastic-rich portions of the Clayton aquifer are examples. Aquifers giving mildly basic samples such as the carbonate-hosted Floridan aquifer and carbonate portions of the Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau aquifers produce few sample waters containing any detectable aluminum. The metal's abundance in bedrock waters from the Piedmont Blue Ridge aquifer system seems also low. Samples from deeper wells with more strongly basic pHs (approaching 8.00) may contain some detectable aluminum.
4.3.2/ron and Manganese
Iron and manganese are also two more naturally occurring metals in Georgia's ground water. Both, like aluminum, may occur as fine particulates or as solutes. Both seem more abundant in acidic waters. Manganese also seems more abundant in waters with low dissolved oxygen contents. Sand units (e.g., the Cretaceous and updip Clayton) and shallower igneous /metamorphic bedrock give waters with the highest iron or manganese concentrations. Waters with the lowest concentrations are drawn from carbonate units (e.g., the Floridan and the carbonates in the Valley and Ridge/ Appalachian Plateau province), which also usually have the higher pH waters.
4.3.3 Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, and Potassium
Calcium is most abundant in sample waters from the Jacksonian aquifer. Sample waters from the Floridan and the Piedmont/Blue Ridge aquifer systems also contain high calcium levels. The metal could be considered least abundant in samples from the Cretaceous/ Providence aquifer system. Only a single, updip sample is available from the Clayton aquifer, making this lowest average calcium content hardly representative.
Magnesium appears most abundant in the Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau aquifer system and least abundant in the Cretaceous/Providence system. Again, the average magnesium value for the Clayton aquifer depends on a single sample and is not representative for the aquifer.
Detectable sodium is nearly ubiquitous. The metal is most abundant in waters from the Floridan and the Piedmont/Blue Ridge and least so in waters from the more updip Cretaceous.
The testing method used by the EPD laboratory to analyze for potassium is not very sensitive (reporting limit 5,000 ug/L), therefore detectable potassium was found in only seven samples from five stations - two samples from two stations each in the Floridan and Miocene and three samples from one station in the Piedmont/Blue Ridge.
Kellam and Gorday (1990) observed that Ca/Mg ratios are highest in the Floridan where recharge areas are closest. Their observation also applies to the Floridan in this
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study, and a wide range of Ca/Mg ratios from indefinitely large (division by zero or a very small number) to 1.24 exists. However, for carbonate or carbonate-bearing aquifer media in the Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau, the Jacksonian, the Claiborne, the Miocene/Surficial aquifers and aquifer systems the rule does not seem to apply. The ratios seem to cluster around 2.00 for the Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau samples, and to range from 5.8 up to indefinitely large for the Jacksonian. The low number of sampling stations situated in these other aquifers or aquifer systems might cause the differences between Floridan Ca/Mg ratios and ratios for the other aquifers and aquifer systems to be apparent.
4.4 ICPMS METALS
The ICPMS method works well for most trace metals. Sample waters undergoing testing by this method, as with the samples subject to ICP testing, were unfiltered. The EPD laboratory tested for the following trace metals: chromium, nickel, copper, zinc, arsenic, selenium, molybdenum, silver, cadmium, tin, antimony, barium, thallium, lead and uranium. Silver, cadmium, tin, antimony, and thallium remained below detection in all samples. Of the remaining metals, only lead registered any levels above the action level.
4. 4. 1 Chromium and Nickel
Detectable chromium occurred in one sample from one Piedmont station. The station was well P28, a well at a 220-foot depth. This metal does occur naturally occasionally in the hard metamorphic igneous rocks of the Piedmont Providence.
4.4.2 Arsenic, Selenium, Uranium, and Molybdenum
Arsenic was detected in a sample from the Floridan (quarterly well PA23). The Floridan sample came from the Gulf Trough area of Grady County, the scene of other ground-water arsenic detections, some above the Primary MCL (1 0 ug/L) (Donahue et al., 2012). Selenium was found in a sample from the Miocene/Surficial (Well MI10B) and the Floridan aquifer system (PA9C). The element may accompany uranium in deposits formed from the reduction of oxic ground waters. Twelve samples from three Floridan stations are the only samples containing detectable molybdenum. The stations - PA23, PA28, and PA56 -are all Gulf Trough area wells. Like selenium, molybdenum
can be associated with uranium in deposits formed through the reduction of oxic ground
waters (Turner-Peterson and Hodges, 1986). Uranium appears to be most abundant in Piedmont/Blue Ridge, with 11 of 21 stations giving 31 of 51 samples containing
detectable uranium. The remaining uranium detections were divided between the
Floridan, with eleven samples from five stations containing detectable uranium, and the Cretaceous/Providence, with one station. Uranium minerals, sometimes accompanied by molybdenum and selenium minerals, can precipitate from oxic ground waters subjected to strong reduction.
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4.4.3 Copper, Lead, and Zinc
Copper, lead, and zinc detections are more numerous in acidic samples. Copper did not exceed its action level nor zinc its Secondary MCLin any samples. Out of a total of 144 samples taken for the study, 42 samples with pHs below 7.00 contained detectable amounts of at least one of these metals. In contrast, only ten samples with basic pHs contained detectable amounts of any of these metals. Past experiences where two samples, each drawn from a different spigot, had different copper, zinc, and lead values, suggest that these metals are, at least in part, derived from plumbing. Therefore, the copper, lead, and zinc levels in the samples are not necessarily representative of those in the ambient ground water.
4.4.4 Barium
A possible effect of the sensitivity of the testing method, barium detections occur in almost every sample. Because, perhaps, nearby barite deposits and associated mining and processing activities greatly increased the barium level in ground water at station VR6A, a sample from that station has caused the Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau samples to have one of the highest average barium levels along with samples from the Floridan and Miocene/Surficial aquifer systems. Ground water containing excessive barium (Primary MCL of 2,000 ug/L) has not been a problem since the intown public well field, drawing from the Floridan at Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, closed in 1995.
4.5 CONTAMINATION OCCURENCES
According to the Safe Drinking Water Act (Public Law 93-523, section 1401, Dec. 16, 1974) a "contaminant" is any ''physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance in water" - almost anything except water itself. Some contaminants can be innocuous or even beneficial; others can be undesirable or harmful.
Modeled after limits USEPA has established concerning the quality of water offered for public consumption, the State established limits on certain contaminants in water for public use (Table 4-1). Some contaminants may endanger health, if present in sufficient concentrations. Two types of limits apply to such contaminants. The first, the Primary MCL, imposes mandatory limits applying to treated water at the point of its production. The second, the action level, sets forth mandatory limits that regulate copper and lead contents and apply to water at the point where the consumer can partake of it.
Secondary MCLs (Table 4-1) are suggested limits established for substances imparting only unpleasant qualities to water. The unpleasant qualities include bad taste and staining ability-- such as with iron and manganese-- and cosmetic effects- such as with silver.
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4.5.1 Primary MCL and Action Level Exceedances
.one well and one spring produced samples with substances that exceeded Primary MCLs or action levels {Table 4-1). Mineral spring P12A gave four samples that exceeded the Primary MCL for fluoride (4 mg/L). The spring has, in the past, regularly given samples that fall in a range from 4 mg/L to a little above 5 ug/L fluoride. The fluoride is almost certainly natural.
Nitrate/nitrite exceeded its Primary MCL of 10 mg/L as nitrogen in well MI9A. The well, a former garden well, 22 feet deep and located adjacent to a row-crop field, has yielded water with excessive nitrate/nitrite before.
4.5.2 Secondary MCL Exceedances
Substances occurring in excess of Secondary MCLs {Table 4-1) consisted of manganese, iron, aluminum, sulfate, and chloride. Manganese, aluminum, and iron are common naturally occurring metals in Georgia's ground water.
Manganese exceeded its MCL in 21 samples from 10 wells. Four of the wells were quarterly (P21, P35, P37, PA34A) and three gave four samples and one gave three of four samples with excessive manganese.
The Secondary MCL for aluminum is established as a range, varying from 50 ug/L to 200 ug/L. The range is designed to accommodate varying ability of water treatment facilities at removing aluminum from treated water. This is a consequence of a tradeoff between introducing into treated water coagulants, which contain soluble aluminum, versus impaired removal of suspended aluminum-bearing contaminants. The aluminum present in waters covered by this study is naturally occurring rather than introduced. Of additional note, water in shallow wells may experience an increase in suspended matter (turbidity) during prolonged rain events, which may result in an increased aluminum value because of suspended material. Aluminum excesses, those which exceeded the 50 ug/llevel (most ground water used for public consumption lacks measureable suspended matter), were found in 12 samples from ten wells. Aluminum excesses were the most consistent in the domestic bored Piedmont regolith well P33.
Iron equaled or exceeded its Secondary MCL in twelve samples from eleven wells. Iron is another common naturally occurring contaminant in Georgia's ground water. Three of the wells are quarterly (P25, P33 and P37) and each had detectable iron in every quarterly sample. However, two of the quarterly wells (P25 and P37) only had one sample that exceeded the iron Secondary MCL and the other (P33) had two quarterly samples that exceeded the iron Secondary MCL.
Well P32 gave two samples with excessive sulfate and well PA9C gave a sample with excessive sulfate and excessive chloride.
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Table 4-1. Contaminant Exceedances, Calendar Year 2014.

Station

Contaminant

MCL

Type Source

Date Sampled

Primaty MCL and Copper/Lead Action Level Exceedances

MI9A P12A

Nitrate/nitrite =44 mg/L as N
Fluoride= 5.0 mg/L

10 mg/L 4 mg/L

domestic well mineral spring

07/22/14 01/13/14

P12A

Fluoride= 4.8 mg/L

4mg/L

mineral spring 04/09/14

P12A

Fluoride = 4.4 mg/L

4mg/L

mineral spring 07/09/14

P12A

Fluoride = 4. 7 mg/L

4mg/L

mineral spring 10/08/14

Secondaty MCL Exceedances

P35

Manganese= 130 ug/L 50 ug/L

domestic well 07/08114

P35

Manganese = 120 ug/L 50 ug/L

domestic well 01/14/14

P35

Manganese= 120 ug/L 50 ug/L

domestic well 10/07/14

P37

Manganese= 99 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

10/07/14

PA34A

Manganese= 99 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

11/05/14

PA34A

Manganese = 97 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

09/18/14

PA34A

Manganese = 98 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

02/25/14

PA34A

Manganese = 92 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

05/14/14

P37

Manganese = 79 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

01/14/14

P37

Manganese = 78 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

07/08/14

P37

Manganese= 73 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

04/09/14

MI10B

Manganese = 73 ug/L

50 ug/L

domestic well 09/03/14

P21

Manganese = 70 ug/L 50 ug/L

public well

02125/14

MI9A

Manganese = 60 ug/L

50 ug/L

domestic well 07/22/14

PA18

Manganese = 59 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

04/08/14

CL4A

Manganese = 58 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

01/22/14

P21

Manganese = 55 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

11/05/14

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Table 4-1 Continued. Contaminant Exceedances, Calendar Year 2014

Station
CLB P21

Contaminant

I MCL

Type Source

Secondary MCL Exceedances Continued

Manganese= 52 ug/L

I 50 ug/L

public well

Manganese = 52 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

Date Sampled
01122/14
-
08/07/14

PA16

Manganese = 52 ug/L

50 ug/L

public well

04/08/14

P21

Manganese = 50 ug/L

50 ugll

public well

04/23/14

K9A

Aluminum= 300 ug/L 50-200 ug/L

public well

01/22/14

K12

Aluminum = 260 ug/L 50-200 ug/L

public well

05/29/14

MI9A P33

Aluminum = 250 ug/L Aluminum = 240 ug/L

50-200 ug/L 50-200 ug/L

- domestic well

07/22114

domestic well

01/14/14

- P33 - PA56
PA36 MI2A

Aluminum = 200 ug/L Aluminum = 150 ug/L Aluminum = 130 ug/L Aluminum = 120 ug/L

50-200 ug/L domestic well

50-200 ug/L

public well

50-200 ug/L

public well

I 50-200 ug/L domestic well

04/09/14 06/10/14
- 08/07/14
09/03/14

BR1B

Aluminum = 90 ug/L 50-200 ug/L

public well

05/13/14

JBA

Aluminum= 73 ug/L 50-200 ug/L domestic well

02/26/14

CT8

Aluminum= 64 ug/L 50-200 ug/L domestic well

05129/14

P33 CL4A Ml108 P39

Aluminum = 62 ug/L
I Iron = 2,000 ug/L
Iron = 1,600 ug/L Iron = 1,100 ug/L

50-200 ug/L 300 ug/L

domestic well
I public well

- 300 ug/L

domestic well

300 ug/L

public well

10/07/14 01/22/14 09/03114 12/23/14

PA9C

Iron = 910 ug/L

300 ug/L

former test

08/07/14

K21

Iron = 720 ug/L

300 ug/L

domestic well

10/09/14

P37

Iron = 700 ug/L

300 ug/L

public well

10/07/14

CLB

Iron = 650 ug/L

300 ug/L

public well

01/22/14

P25

Iron = 390 ug/L

300 ug/L

public well

10/08114

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Table 4-1 Continued. Contaminant Exceedances, Calendar Year 2014

Station

Contaminant

MCL

IType Source Date Sampled

Secondary MCL Exceeclances Continued

P33

Iron = 370 ug/L

300 ug/L

domestic well

04/09/14

K9A

Iron= 310 ug/L

300 ug/L

public well

01122114

K3

Iron = 310 ug/L

300 ug/L

public well

05/14/14

P33

Iron = 300 ug/L

300 ug/L

domestic well

10/07/14

P32

Sulfate = 450 mg/L

250 mg/L

domestic well

04/09/14

P32

Sulfate = 440 mg/L

250 mg/L

domestic well

10/07/14

PA9C

Sulfate = 270 mg/L

250 mg/L

former test

08/07/14

I PA9C

Chloride= 790 mg/L 250 mg/L

former test

08/07/14

(The alphabetic prefix In a station number indicates the aquifer/aquifer system ta-pped:

CL=Ciaibome, J--Jacksonlan, K=Cretaceous, P=Piedmont/Biue Ridge, PA=Fioridan,

CT=Ciayton, VR=Valley and Ridge, M=Miocene)

4.5.3 Volatile Organic Compounds

Trihalomethanes are the most common of the VOCs detected (Table 4-2). Bromodichloromethane, the most commonly detected of the VOCs, was present in seven samples from four stations. Chloroform and dibromochloromethane are next, with six detections apiece in three stations. Detectable bromoform occurred in one sample from one station. In ground water, these compounds originate as by-products when halogenous disinfectants react with naturally-occurring organic matter present in the water. The disinfectants are introduced to the water through cleaning processes incident to well maintenance or through leaky check valves or foot valves allowing treated water down a well during normal operation.

One station (VR6A) gave a sample containing detectable tetrachloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethylene, m-dichlorobenzene, a-dichlorobenzene and chlorobenzene. Well VR6A, an industrial process water well, is in an industrial area and is within about two miles of former and current landfills. The former landfills utilized unlined exhausted barite pits. Cressler et al. (1979) had warned of the danger of using these sorts of pits for waste disposal in the Cartersville area because of the karstic bedrock. However, the source of the VOCs at station VR6A is uncertain.

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Table 4-2. VOC Detection Incidents, Calendar Year 2014.

Station

Constituents

Primary MCL

Type Source

GWN-J4 bromodichloromethane = 0.50 ug/L

GWN-PA17

chloroform= 2.50 ug/L -------------------------------- --------------bromodichloromethane = 1.80 ug/L ------------------------------- --------------dibromochloromethane = 1.30 ug/L

- See note
See note

public public

chloroform = 1.1 0 ug/L

- --~ - - -- -- - -- -- -- - -- -- ------------- -- - - - - -- - --
GWN-PA23 bromodichloromethane = 0.63 ug/L

---- -- ---- -- ------ -- -------------- -------------

I

dibromochloromethane = 0.82 ug/L

I
GWN-PA23

chloroform = 1.90 ug/L --------- -------------------------------------bromodichloromethane = 1.40 ug/L
--- --- ---- --- ---- --- ----- ----- --- ----- ------ ---
dibromochloromethane = 1.50 ug/L

-- ---- ---- ----------------------- ---- --- ---- ---

I

- bromoform= 0.60 ug/L

chloroform= 2.00 ug/L

-------------------------- -------- -------------

GWN-PA23 bromodichloromethane = 1.60 ug/L

----------------- -- ----- - ---------~~ - ~-~-------
dibromochloromethane = 1.50 ug/L

See note See note See note

public public public

GWN-PA23

chloroform = 3.70 ug/L
= ----------- ------ ------- ---------- --------------
bromodichloromethane 1.70 ug/L
--d-i-b-r--o-m- --o-c-h--l-o--ro--m- -e--t-h-a--n-ep=-1--.-3-0- --u-g--/-L--

I

chloroform= 0.70 ug/L

---------- -------- --- -------------------------GWN-PA28 bromodichloromethane = 0.59 ug/L

= --- --- -- -- ----- ------------~----- - - -- - -- - ---- - -
dibromochloromethane 0.73 ug/L

See note See note

public public

1,1 dichloroethylene = 1.70 ug/L

-------------------------------------------- ---

tetrachloroethylene = 2.10 ug/L

---------------------------------- -- -- ---------

GWN-VR6A

chlorobenzene = 0.51

-----------------------------------------------

o - dichlorobenzene = 1.70 ug/L

------------------ ------------- --- -------------

m- dichlorobenzene= 0.54 ug/L

7 ug/L 5 ug/L 100 ug/L 600 ug/L NoMCL

public

Date Sampled 05/14/14 04/08/14
01/15/14
04/23/14
07/22/14
10/21/14
I
I 01/15/14
06/25/14

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4.6 GENERAL QUALITY A review of the analyses of the water samples collected during calendar year
2014 indicates that the chemical quality of ground water sampled for most of the Ground-Water Monitoring Network stations is quite good.
However, as mentioned in Chapter 1, areas of elevated risk for low-quality ground water exist:
1) Valley and Ridge/Appalachian Plateau Province - surface influence; 2) Piedmont/Blue Ridge Province - in areas excluding the eastern
metavolcanic terranes- uranium: 3) Coastal Plain agricultural areas- high nitrate/nitrite; 4) Coastal Plain, Dougherty Plain- surface influence; 5) Coastal Plain, Gulf Trough - high total dissolved solids, especially
sulfate - high radionuclides, high barium, high arsenic; 6) Coastal Plain, Atlantic coast area- saline water influx.
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CHAPTER 5 LIST OF REFERENCES
Applied Coastal Research Laboratory, Georgia Southern University, 2002, Gulf Trough and Satilla Line Data Analysis, Georgia Geologic Survey Project Report 48, 14 p., 1 pl.
Brooks, R., Clarke, J.S. and Faye, R.E., 1985, Hydrology of the Gordon Aquifer System of East-Central Georgia: Georgia Geologic Survey Information Circular 75, 41 p., 2 pl.
Clarke, J.S., Faye, R.E., and Brooks, R., 1983, Hydrogeology of the Providence Aquifer of Southwest Georgia: Georgia Geologic Survey HydrologicAtlas 11, 5 pl.
Clarke, J.S., Faye, R.E., and Brooks, R., 1984, Hydrogeology of the Clayton Aquifer of Southwest Georgia: Georgia Geologic Survey Hydrologic Atlas 13, 6 pl. Midville Aquifer Systems of East Central Georgia: Georgia Geologic Survey Information Circular 74, 62p., 2 pl.
Clarke, J.S., Brooks, R., and Faye, R.E., 1985, Hydrogeology of the Dublin and Midville Aquifer Systems of East Central Georgia: Georgia Geologic Survey Information Circular 74, 62 p., 2 pl.
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LABORATORY AND STATION DATA

Tables A-1 through A-8 list the values for both laboratory parameters and field parameters for each well or spring. The following abbreviations are used on these tables:

Parameters and Units of Measure

Cl

=chloride

cond.

=conductivity

diss 02

= dissolved oxygen

F

=fluoride

ICP

= inductively coupled

plasma (emission)

spectroscopy

ICPMS

= inductively coupled

plasma/mass

spectrometry

mg/L

= milligrams per liter

mgN/L

= milligrams per liter as

nitrogen

NA

= not available; not

analyzed

ND NG NOx p S04
Temp.
ug/L uS/em
VOC

= not detected =not given = nitrate/nitrite = total phosphorus =sulfate
= tern perature
= micrograms per liter = microSiemenses per
centimeter = volatile organic
compound

Volatile Organic Compounds

1, 1dce bdcm dbem pee cb

= 1,1-dichloroethylene = bromodichloromethane
= dibromochloromethane
= tetrachloroethylene = chlorobenzene

mdcb odcb pdcb tbm
tcm

= m-dichlorobenzene = o-clichlorobenzene
= p-dichlorobenzene
=bromoform = chloroform

Table A-9 gives the reporting limits for the various analytes. The abbreviations used for Tables A-1 through A-8 also apply to Table A-9.

A-1

Table A-1. Ground-Water Quality Analy&a& for CretaceousiProvidence Stations. Part A: Station Identification, Date of Sampling, Field Parameters, VOCa, Anions, and Non-Melals.
Wei Nama

GWN-K3

5a'ldllr'Aile \Neiii7B

1197

NG

NG 0511<1114 5.29 111 4.94 20.96

ND

W.hlngllln

GWN-K8

K8UnWel18

400

NG

NG 1111124114 4.73 43 5.85 20.22

Nil

Twlgp

GWN-K7

.u.s Ccully 14

128

NG

NG 011124114 4.31

33

7.03 17.91

ND

J-

. . _ GWN-KM

MlnhiiiiiiiB WaiiiJ2

550

NG

NG 01122114 4.22 49

NA 18.94

ND

GWN-K108

Fort V'*'tWeiiiB

800

NG

NG 01122114 4.98 20 7.87 18.35

NO

P8Kh

)>

GWN-11A

w.ner RdJD \Nellli2

540

NG

NG 01122114 4.47 22 7.ffl 18.85

ND

I

ltaunJn

N

GWN-K12

~Inn Will

550

NG

NG

05129114 4.115

45

5.72 21.88

ND

Houltilln

GWN-K19

~

484

NG

NG D4122114 4.18 17 9.04 19.85

ND

Rlchllllllld 8lnllll. Will

GWN-K20

Plains Welt7

1000

NG

NG 01122114 7.1i2 128 NA 27.70

NO

Sumt.

GWN-K21

Clanbel8 Hou8e Will

NG

NG

NG 1011111114 4.98 40 0.83 19.31

NO

BUiwln

GWN-PD2A

~Well4

205

NG

NG 01122114 5.32 49 8.02 19.55

Nil

w.....r

GWN-PD3

Fori~Wall2

458

NG

NG 011110f14 7.110 3511 1.02 21.71

NO

Clay

GVIIN-PDB

Bla-Well4

1025

NG

NG

011110f14 7.88 340

NA 25.85

NO

Ellrty

ND

10 0.02 0.18

ND

NO 0.03 NO

ND

ND 0.48 ND

NO

ND 0.04 NO

NO

NO 0.1111 ND

NO

ND 0.8 NO

ND

NO NO 0.11

NO

NO 0.12 ND

NO

NO NO 0.18

ND

11 ND ND

ND

ND 0.94 0.03

NO

NO ND 0.02

NO

13 0.33 0.02

Table A-1. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Cretaceous Stations.
Part B: lletala.

GWN-1<3

NO NO NO ND NO ND NO Nl NO NO ND 21 NO NO NO NO NO 17,000 NO 310 NO 1,500 33 2,400 NO NO

W.hlngtDn

GWN-K8 Twiggs

NO NO 6.2 NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO 14 NO NO 1.1 NO NO 4,100 NO 25 NO NO NO 2,900 NO NO

GWN-K7
Jon

NO NO 7.4 ND NO NO MD NO NO NO NO 22 NO 1.7 NO NO NO 2,1100 NO NO NO NO NO 1,900 NO NO

GWN-K9A Mcon

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 3.2 NO 1.5 NO 300 NO NO NO 310 NO NO NO 1,100 NO NO

6WN-K10B Puch

NO NO NO M) NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 4.8 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 1,200 NO NO

GWN-K11A

NO M> 13 14 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 6.3 NO 2.6 NO NO NO NO NO 23 NO NO NO 1,500 NO NO

~

Houllton

~

GWN-1<12

NO NO 11 18 NO ND NO NO NO NO NO 7.7 NO 3.1 NO 260 NO 5,700 NO 180 NO M> NO 1,-400 Nl NO

HouaiDn

GWN-1<19

NO NO 6.0 NO NO NO NO NO NO ND NO 5.7 NO 1.2 NO NO ND NO NO NO NO NO NO 1,200 NO NO

Richmond

GWN-1<20 Sumter

NO M> NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 3,700 NO NO NO NO NO 23,000 NO ND

GWN-1<21 S.ldwin

NO NO 13 24 NO NO NO M) NO NO NO 41 NO 4 .0 NO NO NO 1,1100 NO 720 NO NO 41 1,300 NO NO

GWN-PD2A Webster

NO NO 12 NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO 19 NO 2.8 NO NO NO 5,600 NO NO NO NO NO 1,400 NO NO

GWN-PD3 Cl.y

NO ND NO ND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 4 .6 NO NO NO NO NO 6,100 NO NO NO 1,100 NO 80,000 NO NO

GWN-PD6 Earty

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 8.2 NO NO NO NO NO 8,300 NO NO NO 4,100 NO 68,000 NO NO

Tabla A-2. Ground-Water Quality Analyaae for Clayton Station.

voca, Part A: S1ation Identification, Date of Sampling, Field Parameters,

Anions, and Non-Metals.

GWN-CTB
Schier

80

NG

NG 0512Q114 3.97

40

7.88 18.21

ND

ND

M)

1.3

M)

t

Table A-2. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Clayton Station.
Part B: Metals.

GWN-CT8
Sclll~

NO ND 19 ND NO ND NO NO NO ND NO 18 NO 2.4 NO 64 NO NO NO NO NO NO 20 2,1100 NO ND

~
01

Table A-3. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Claiborne Stations. Part A: Station Identification, Date of Sampling, Field Parametera, VOCs, Anions, and Non-Metals.

W81Na-

"c- I

GWN-CL2

lbldla W8113

315

315

24 01122114 7.32 2lf1 3.81 20.<48

I>

Dooly

GWN-ClAA.

Plaiw\Ntiii.S

230

NG

NG 01122114 6.54 1110 NA 18.83

I>

Sumlllr

GWN-CUI

Fti Rlwa" l'ba.y Olllce 90

NG

NG 01122114 11..22 88 0.116 19.95

ND

Dooly

Well

~

ND

ND 0.48 ND

ND

12

ND 0.35

ND

ND ND 0.51

Table A-3. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Claiborne Stations. Part B: Metals.

~CL2
Daalr
GWN-CLAA Slllllt.r
GWN-ClB Dooly

NO NO e.a NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO 12 NO NO NO NO NO 41,000 NO NO NO ND NO 2,000 ND NO
NO NO NO 11 NO ND NO ND NO NO NO 14.0 ND NO NO NO NO 22,000 NO 2,000 NO 3,100 58 1,800 NO ND NO NO 28 44 NO M) NO ND NO NO NO 311 NO NO NO NO NO 12,000 NO 6110 NO 1,200 52 1,900 NO NO

:p-
.....

Table A-4. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Jacksonian Stations.
Part A: Station Identification, Date of Sampling, Field Paramelenl, VOCs, Anions, and Non-Metals.

lWei Nama
.~

I lw.:.DII*I~~Iv::-1 ~~ pH l : l ~IT~I

'\IOCS UlliL

GWN-.118

Wei MeN* Hcga

..go

NG

NG

D212&114 7.38

2111

4.88 19.53

ND

J"""-1

GIIIIN-J4 JohMOn

~"'

520

NG

8

115114114 7.00 Z7ll 3.03 21.26

bdc:nFO.IiO

GWN-J5

Cod'IWII3

3IJ1

NG

NG 02127114 7.41 385 1.19 21.10

ND

BeeIller

GWN-J8

Wrw.l4

200

NG

NG 112128114 8.84 278 1.04 19.93

ND

J"""-1

GWN-J8A

Weil Kahn Hcue

100

NG

NG 02J28114 5.53 77 8.58 20.48

ND

~

=!>
00

ND

ND

2.8

0.05

ND

ND G.47

0.03

ND

13

ND

0.03

ND

13 NO

0.15

ND

ND 3.80 ND

Table A-4. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Jacksonian Stations. PartB: Metals.

GWK-.118
J.cJwrwon
GWN.J4 Johnson
GWK-.15 IIICid.y
GWN-J6
Jeffenon
GWN-JBA
...rr.non

NO I'm NO I'm NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 23 NO NO NO NO NO 52,000 NO 52 NO NO NO 4,1500 NO NO NO I'm NO I'm NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 11 NO NO NO NO NO 49,000 NO I'm NO 2,300 NO 3,100 ND NO NO I'm NO I'm NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 9.8 NO NO NO NO NO 116,000 NO I'm NO 2,500 38 3,400 NO NO NO I'm NO I'm NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 7.6 NO NO NO NO NO 51,000 NO 150 NO 1,500 NO 2,000 NO NO NO M> NO 20 NO NO NO NO 0.87 NO NO 27 NO NO NO 73 NO 6,400 NO 38 NO 1,100 37 4,100 NO NO

=c!o>

Table M. Ground-Wabtr Quality Analyaee for Floridan Stations.
Part A: Station Identification , Date of Sampling, Field Pllramelena, VOCs, Anio..., and Non-Metals.

k:ow11~

,Will Nine
I

Gll't'N-PA2

s-.11111 Wllll.13

1004

NG

NG 081t8114 7.58 2011 8.85 24.011

NO

CIJdluJ

Gll't'N-PM

'T'yba8 llllnd Wal.1

402

NG

NG 011118114 7.85 11811 NA 23.10

NO

Clldlem

GWN-PA5

lnlllniiBIII Paja Will ... 810

NG

NG 11118114 7.98 430 NA 23.113

NO

Uberty

Glft'N.PA8

Hinlla'flle Will j5

8011

NG

NG 11118114 7.93 378 1..38 24.45

NO

Ublrt.J

GWN-PAIIC

Mler Sal~ Naltlt

1211

NG

NG 011107114 7.118 1,770 1.23 25.04

NO

G!rnn

EMit Wei

-:}>
0

GVIIN-PA13 W.NI

~Willa

775

NG

NG 031211114 7.42 <480 7..48 25117

NO

G'ft'N.PA14A

SlaiMbafD WIIIIM

413

NG

NG OWII/14 7.71 253 NA 23.18

NO

Bulach

011124114 7.71 250 NA 23.80

NO

081111M4 7.115 248 NA 23.77

NO

11105t'14 7.82 2110 NA 23.28

ND

GWN-PA111 a . l d. .
GWN-PA17 Eman....

~Will ... SWUIIbaro Will fi

500

NG

NG 041011114 7.41 291 0.87 21.21

2110

NG

NG CM108114 7.23 282 8..59 17.32

GWN-PA1B C.ndllr

M8ll8r Wlllll2

540

NG

NG 041111114 7.84 217 2.47 21.84

GWN-PA20
Lanier

l..llk.lllllndWIIIII2

340

NG

NG 031211114 7.42 413 0-84 21.51

GWN-PA22

Ttlo,_. Will.

400

NG

NG OIII'O:V14 7.15 <104 4.81 22.80

~

NO
bn=2.5
bdcm=1 .8 clx:m=1.3
NO
ND
NO

t1

NO

NO

0.04

45

160 NO 0.04

NO

34

NO 0.02

NO

23 NO 0.02

71111

2lO ND 0.02

14

li3

NO 0.02

NO

NO NO 0.03

ND

NO NO 0.03

NO

NO NO 0.03

NO

NO NO 0.02

NO

NO ND NO

NO

NO 0.03 NO

NO

NO NO NO

NO

83

ND O.r11

NO

fiT

0.17

NO

Table A-5. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Floridan Stations. Part B: Metals.

GWN-PA2 ChlthMI
GW~PA4
Chalhllm

NO M> NO M> NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 11.4 NO NO NO NO NO 23,000 NO ND NO 8.100 NO 18,000 NO NO NO NO NO M> NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 8.5 NO NO ND NO NO 38,000 NO NO 5,000 29,000 NO 57,000 NO NO

GINN-PA5 Ublrty

NO NO NO NO NO M> NO NO NO NO NO 28 NO NO NO NO NO 27,000 NO NO NO 18,000 NO 17,000 M> NO

GWJ'H>A6 Liberty

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 23 NO NO NO NO NO 24,000 NO NO NO 13.000 NO 15,000 NO NO

GWN-PA9C GIJI!n

NO NO NO 120 NO 7.3 NO NO NO NO NO 62 NO NO NO NO NO 110,000 NO 910 9,000 83.000 NO 430,000 NO NO

~
...a.

GWN.PA13
ware

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 71 NO NO NO NO NO 41,000 NO NO NO 18,000 NO 16,000 NO NO

...a.

GWN-PA14A

NO M> NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 5.6 NO NO NO NO NO 34,000 NO I') NO 6,500 NO 7,300 NO NO

BuiiOGh

NO M> NO M> NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 4.2 NO NO NO NO NO 35,000 NO M> NO 8,700 NO 7,200 NO NO

NO M> 11.0 M> NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 3.8 NO NO NO NO NO 33,000 NO ND NO 11,500 NO 7,300 NO NO

NO NO 14 NO NO M> NO NO NO NO NO 8.9 NO NO NO NO NO 311,000 NO NO NO 7,000 NO 7 ,600 NO NO

GWN-PA16 Jinkins
GWNPA17
Enlllnuel

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO M> NO NO NO 5.8 NO NO NO NO NO 48,000 NO NO NO 3,300 52 5,000 NO NO NO NO 11.8 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 150 NO NO NO NO NO 48,000 NO NO NO 2,500 NO 3,500 M> NO

GWr\WA18 c.ndlel'
GWN..PA20 unier
GWr\WA22 Tbonlas

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO M> NO NO NO 23 NO NO NO NO NO 29,000 NO NO NO 3,300 58 9,900 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 28 NO NO NO NO NO 42,000 NO 38 NO 18,000 NO 4,800 ND NO NO M> NO M> NO NO NO NO ND NO ND 25 ND NO 1.3 NO NJ 43,000 NO M> NO 21,000 NO 6,1100 NO NO

Table A-5, Continued. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Floridan Stallone. Part A: Station Identification , Date of Sampling, Field Parameters, VOCs, Anions, and Non-Metals.

Callll~
GWN-PA23 G.-.dy

WaiNarnll
I
Cairo I&

.., NG

NG 01115114 7.81 387 2.32 23.25 04fl3114 7.85 389 2.48 23.82

07mtt4 7.44 388 5.84 23.14

11lf21114 7.61 375 3.98 22.98

:y>

GWN-PA25

Danlllsanvlle /7111

.......

a.nlnote Street Wei

1\)

174

NG

NG 03/2111114 7.53 298 5.28 21.58

08/1M4 11.88 294 5.97 21.20

011103/14 6.77 21M 5.89 21.19

121tl8114 7.511

NA

NA 21.03

GWN-PA27

ca~ lnduslrllll Par1c

380

NG

NG 07122/14 7.30 241 9.29 20.48

11111:11811 Wal

GWN-PA28 Colquitt

Maulll1e Welll1

750

NG

NG 01115114 8.00 4113 1.02 23.98

04123/14 8.011 448 0.67 24.111 07122/14 7.83 509 7.011 23.74 10121/14 7.59 477 1.5 23.83

GWN-PA211 Coak

AdeiiMIIIII

-405

NG

NG 01115114 7.90 374 0.82 22.83

04123/14 7.88 3113 0.64 23.11

07123/14 NA 405 NA 22.01

tllf21/14 7.24 4011 1.09 22.24

_,_,
bclc:rrFO.ll3 lbm=O.B2
lll:nF1.9 llclc:ln-1.4 CIIII:III'01li lbm=ll.ll
tcm=2.0 bck:m=1.8 dbc:ma1li
bm=3.7 bck:m=1.7 clbcm=1.3
NO NO NO NO
NO
lan=0.7 lxll:nl"(l.59 cllcma0.73
NO NO NO
NO NO NO ND

ND

48 0.02 NO

NO

48 NO NO

NO

48 0.02 NO

M)

48

NO

NO

..., NO

1.7

NO

NO

ND

2.0

NO

NO

NO

1.6 0.06

NO

NO

1.7

NO

NO

ND 0.31 NO

11

120 NO 0.02

,., ,., NO

84

M)

ND

11

110

12

120 ND NO

NO

88

NO 0.011

NO

15

ND 0.04

NO

111

ND 0.04

M>

1111

NO 0.04

Table A-5, Continued. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Floridan Stations.
Part B: Metals.

~PA23
Gml!f

NO NO NO NO 8.0 foil 37 foil NO NO NO 140 NO NO NO NO NO 33,000 NO NO NO 17,000 NO 13,000 foil NO NO NO NO NO 9.1 NO 37 NO NO NO NO 120 NO NO NO NO NO 36,000 NO 40 NO 18,000 NO 14,000 NO NO

NO NO 85 28 6.3 NO 29 NO NO NO NO 120 NO 8.9 NO NO NO 38,000 NO 85 NO 18,000 NO 14,000 NO NO

NO fol) NO M) 7.8 NO 41 NO NO NIJ NO ~30 ~ NO l'o'tl NO NO :Jtl.OOO NU

No

ND U ,OOO ,.'IJ NO

'" 000

)>

I

~

(,)

~PA25

NO NO NO NO NO fol) NO fol) NO NO NO 7.5 NO NO NO NO NO 80,000 NO NO NO NO NO 3,600 ND NO

S....inole

NO NO NO NO NO fol) NO NO NO NO NO 7.0 NO NO NO NO NO 58,000 NO NO NO fol) NO 3,500 HD NO

NO NO NO NO NO fol) NO NO NO ND NO 7,0 NO NO NO NO NO 57,000 NO NO NO fol) NO 3,500 ~Ill NO

NO NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO NO NO 7.3 NO NO NO NO NO 59,000 NO NO NO NO NO 3,700 N!1 NO

GWNPA'll Mltl:hll

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 12 NO NO NO NO NO 46,000 NO NO NO 1,400 NO 1,800 NO NO

GWN-PA28 Colqum

NO fol) NO NO NO NO NO ND NO fol) NO NO NO fol) NO fol) NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

37 NO NO NO NO 100 NO NO NO NO NO 38,000 NO NO 42 ND NO NO NO 83 NO NO NO NO NO 35,000 NO NO 72 NO NO NO NO 98 NO NO NO NO NO 39,000 NO NO 38 fol) NO NO NO 95 NO NO NO NO NO 37,000 NO NO

NO 23,000 NO 28,000 ND NO NO 21,000 NO 27,000 NO NO
NO 23,000 NO 27,000 Nil NO NO 23,000 NO 28,000 ~m NO

GWN-PA29 Cook

NO ND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 14 NO NO NO NO NO 47,000 NO 35
NO fol) NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 11 NO NO NO NO NO 49,000 NO 38 NO fol) NO fol) NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 13 NO NO NO NO NO 50,000 NO 37
NO NO NO NO NO fol) NO fol) NO NO NO 14 NO NO NO NO NO 49,000 NO 40

NO 18,000 18 NO 18,000 15 NO 18,000 16 NO 18,000 15

3,400
3,500 3,600 3,700

NO NO NO NO J\0 NO
NO NO

Table A-4, Continued. Ground-Wabw Quality Analyses for Floridan Stations. Part A: Station Identification , Data of Sampling, Field Parametars, VOCs, Anions, and Non-Metills.
Well Name

GIIIIN-P/131

Tllon Well&

852

NG

NG 01115114 7.80 281 1.118 22..40

ND

m

GIIIIN-P/132

OCilaWela

637

NG

NG 113128114 7.50 241 o.ao 21.00

ND

Irwin

GIIIIN-PA34A

McR88Wall3

8011

NG

NG 02/25f14 7.70 331 8.44 22.35

ND

Tlllflllr

O!il14114 7.17 328 4.63 22.98

ND

Dllfl8f14 7.32 332 1.97 22.311

ND

11.'05114 7.118 375 1.35 22.28

ND

GIIIIN-PA38

VldiiiiiiWal1111

808

NG

NG 02/25f14 8.05 22B 8.03 23.37

ND

::p-

T1111111t.

05114114 8.48 239 7.26 23.46

ND

OB.V7114 7.78 222 8.58 23.46

ND

.......

11,4115114 8.11 280 1.56 23.11

ND

J!l,.

GWN-PA38

EalllnaJ Wal M

410

NG

NG m/27114 7.64 244 4.88 21.30

ND

Dodge

GVVN-PA39

~1111

198

NG

NG 03128f14 7.13 328 1.75 21.88

ND

Worth

GWN-PA41A

AlhbwnM

8011

NG

NG 05128114 7.80 157 8.D4 22.20

ND

TUIIIII'

GWN-PA44

SpimcnWal1112

501

NG

NG 011111114 7.78 203 3.48 21.87

Ml

TUIIIII'

05128114 7.53 195 3.90 21.35

Ml

0712at14 7.25 203 8.98 21.51

Ml

11W21114 7.41 194 5.09 21..40

ND

ND

Ml

Ml O.D4

ND

Ml

Ml 0.02

ND ND ND

Ml
.M..,l

Ml

ND

ND 0.03

ND

ND

NO

ND NO NO

ND

ND ND 0.02

ND

ND ND 3.0

ND

ND ND ND

ND

ND ND ND

ND

ND 0.28 0.02

NO

ND 0.03 c ~

ND

ND ND NO

ND

ND 0.25 0.02

ND

ND 0.25 NO

ND

NO 0.24 NO

ND

NO 0.24 NO

Table A-5, Continued. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Floridan Stations. Part B: Metals.

GWN-PA31
m

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 79 NO NO 1.7 NO NO 45,000 NO NO NO 8,1100 NO 2,500 NO NO

GWN-PA32 Irwin

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 78 NO NO NO NO NO 32,000 NO 120 NO 5,1100 27 2,300 NO NO

GWN-PA34A Telfair

NO ND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
NO NO NO NO NO No

NO NO NO NO NO 180 NO NO NO NO NO 48,000 NO 240
NO NO NO NO NO 180 NO NO NO NO NO 48,000 NO 220 NO NO NO NO NO 200 NO NO NO NO NO 48,000 NO 240 NO NO NO NO NO 190 NO NO NO NO NO 50,000 NO 250

NO 11,000 96 NO 10,000 92 NO 11,000 97 NO 11,000 99

-4,500 -4,400 -4,500 -4,500

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

GWN.f'A'l8

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 130 NO NO NO NO NO 29,000 NO 26 NO 5,1100 39 12,000 NO NO

Toombs

NO NO 30 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 140 NO 3.5 NO NO NO 27,000 NO 27 NO 5,500 32 13,000 NO NO

l....>...

NO NO 9.1 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 130 NO NO NO 130 NO 29,000 NO 26 NO NO 27 14 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 140 NO 1.7 NO NO NO 28,000 NO 43

NO 5,800 38 12,000 NO NO NO 5,700 37 11,000 NO NO

U1

GWN.f'A38

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 110 NO NO NO NO NO 41,000 NO NO NO 1,300 NO 2,100 NO NO

Dadg

GWN-PA39 Worth

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 200 NO NO 2.3 NO NO 48,000 NO NO NO 7,500 NO 3,500 NO NO

GWN-PM1A Turner

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 72 NO NO NO NO NO 20,000 NO NO NO 8,300 NO 1,700 NO NO

GWN-PM-4 Turner

NO NO NO NO NO NO
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

NO NO NO NO NO 160 NO NO 1.5 NO NO 33,000 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 150 NO NO 1.-4 NO NO 33,000 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 140 NO NO 1.4 NO NO 32,000 NO NO
NO NO NO NO NO 150 NO NO 1.4 NO NO 31,000 NO NO

NO 4,1100 NO NO 4,700 NO NO 4,700 NO NO 4,500 NO

2,300 2,400 2,300 2,400

NO NO
NO NO NO NO NO NO

Table A-5, Continued. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Floridan Statio!W. Part A: Stdon Identification , Date of Sampling, Field Parameters, VOCs, Anione, and Non~etala.

GWN-PA!ie

'WIIWJam I Davlll A - 1104

NG

NG 0312e114 7.1f1 401 1.48 23.78

NO

Gtldr Will

08110114 7.38 409 2.11 23.44

NO

DM13114 7.58 405 8.38 25.34

NO

12JOIIM4 7.85 NA NA 22.73

NO

GWN-PAS7

AmllniM YM a

IIIlO

485

10 01118114 7.78 2tiB 1.D5 22.94

NO

c:o.

07123114 NA 282 NA 22.85

NO

10121114 7.81 253 3.93 22.85

NO

:..p..o.
CJ)

34

20 0.08 0.02

34

20 0.10 0.112

33

18 0.04 NO

36

20 0.08 NO

NO

NO NO 0.02

NO

NO NO NO

ND

ND NO ND

Table A-5, Continued. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Floridan Stations. Part B: Metala.

GWN-PA!S6 Gnldy
GWN-f'A57 Cafrw

NO ND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO NO ND NO
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO fC) NO ND NO NO

7.9 NO NO NO NO HSO NO NO 2.7 NO NO 31,000 NO fC) 8.7 ND ND NO ND 150 NO NO 3.0 150 ND 31,000 NO fC) 8.5 NO NO NO NO 150 NO NO 2.4 NO NO 29,000 NO 57 8.3 ND ND ND NO 140 NO NO 3.3 NO NO 33,000 NO 39
NO ND ND NO NO 180 NO NO NO NO NO 25,000 NO fC) NO NO NO NO NO 190 NO NO NO NO NO 25,000 NO ND NO NO NO NO NO 180 NO NO NO NO NO 24,000 NO ND

NO 111,000 NO 21,000 M> NO ND 19.000 NO 22,000 ND NO NO 18,000 NO 21,000 NO NO NO 20,000 NO 22,000 ND NO

NO 15,000 NO NO 15,000 NO NO 14,000 NO

7,600 0,800 7,900

NO NO
ND NO ND NO

'.>
~
........

Table A-8. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Miocene Statiol"l8. Part A: Station Identification , Data of Sampling, Field Parametenl, VOCe, Aniol"l8, and Non-Metals.

I Ca.J nt~

Will Nama
I

GWN-MI1

AdeiMMian

220

NG

NG IIQ'03/14 7.58 224 2.08 22.78

NO

Coat

GWN-MI2A

Bou!WIII.a.e Will

70

NG

NG DIW3f14 3.88 108 8.98 21.01

NO

Lownd

G~IQA

t.bphJ Gnan Will

22

NG

NG 07122/14 5.85 510

NA .23.74

NO

n-

GWN-M10B

Clllcul Hau Will

11iD

NG

NG O&ID3M4 5.88 110 2.38 22.95

NO

Colqllllt

GWN-MI18

u.ty Ccu1ly Ealt I*- 400

NG

NG 11118114 7.92 4D5 4.21 20.87

NO

Llllerty

lrtl::t Fn Slllllolllleep Wei

:p-

GV't'N-MI17

Sjmgllllll Eg)'pt Road

120

EftlnghMI TIIIIIWel

NG

NG D81111t14 7.27 280 NA 19.03

NO

....Jo.
m

NO

NO NO 0.08

12

NO 5..9 0.07

18

NO

44

0.08

NO

NO NO 0.34

NO

36

NO 0.02

NO

NO NO 0.03

Table A-6. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Miocene Stations. PartB: Metals.

GWN-MI1 Cook

NO NO NO 31 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 18 NO NO NO NO NO 22,0110 NO I'm NO 14,000 10 8,100 NO NO

GWN-NII2A l..owndH

NO NO 8 .0 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 20 NO 5.7 NO 120 NO 3,500 NO NO 5,400 2,500 NO 5,800 NO NO

GWN-NIIQA lbom

NO I'm NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 310 NO NO NO 2SO NO 42,000 NO NO 14,000 18,000 110 2,800 NO ND

GWN-MI10B Colquitt

NO NO NO 28 NO 13 NO Ill> NO NO NO 150 NO NO NO NO NO 7,400 NO 1,1110 NO 5,300 73 6,500 Ill> NO

GWI'UAI16 Uberty

NO NO NO NO NO I'm NO NO NO NO NO 23 NO NO NO NO NO 28,000 NO NO NO 16,000 NO 18,000 NO NO

GWN-NII17

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 21 NO NO NO NO NO 45,000 NO NO NO 1,900 12 8,000 NO NO

l....>...

Etllnghlm

co

Table A-7. Ground-Watar Quality Analyses for Piedmont-Blue RJdge Stations. Part A: Station Identification, Date of Sampling, Field Parametars, VOCs, Anions, and Non-Metals.

Will Nama

GWN-1'111.

L..utl1enlv8t Will t3

MllrlwMhlr

185

NG

NG 111'011114 5.72 111 7.53 18.30

~~~

"'-'Branch Will t1 :Me)

NG

NG 03125(14 11.38 172 7.74 18.35

Hd

~1211.
1111118

nlllwl Spltlv

GWN-f>20 Glllllllllll

S....tt

0

NG

NG 01/13114 8.110 284 NA 18..Se

OWIII14 7.25 262 NA 18.112

071011114 7.11 29 NA 18.87

101011114 7.88 270 NA 111.78

eoo

NG

NG 03125(14 7.31 324 1.02 17.48

:p-

GWN-1'21 J-

Gn.ylllrllgg Will

N 0

GY.IN-n2 FultDn

RIIHaWal

405

NG

NG 02125114 6.85 342 2.45 18.117

04123114 6..56 305 5.28 111.03

OIW7114 8.44 318 2.89 18.24

1101114 8.80 371 4.73 111.18

200

NG

NG 03127114 5.18 33 7.22. 18.82

G'NM-P23

lnclm Spmgs S1lll8

NG

NG

NG 01/13114 5.111 158 2.22. 18.21

l!lutlli

Park New,.., Well

041011f14 8.31 143 8.78 18.10

07JIIIIi14 8.18 145 7.117 18.29

1011l11114 8.45 155 2.111 19.14

~24
c--.

11le a - Wtll.1

70S

NG

NG 05128114 8.1111 230 4.98 111.08

GWIIH'25
~

.lm8ll Plnallan Sllllr..... Wal

NO

NG

NG 02fl5114 8.28 185 4.28 18.12

04123114 5.91 185 11.78 14.78

071'011114 8.00 178 11.34 22.34

101011114 5.112 175 3.113 111.38

~28
c--.

\WOw CcQ1 Willi

NG

NG

NG 05128114 5.80 132 7.1111 17.28

~
Lincoln

F"_.HcueWIII

220

NG

NG 04122114 8.81 458 8.93 111.18

vocs
1411
NO
NO
NO NO NO ND ND
NO NO NO NO
NO
ND
NO NO NO NO
NO NO NO NO
NO
NO

NA

NO

NO 0.1111 0.07

NA

NO

NO 1.00 0.03

5.0

10

28

NO 0.02

4.8

10

28

NO 0.02

4A

11

25

NO 0.02

4.7

11

25

NO 0.02

NA

NO

12 0.30 NO

NA

NO

45 0.011 0.03

NA

ND

31 0.011 0.03

NA

10

33 0.15 O.D3

NA

NO

40 0.12 0.02

NA

ND

NO 0.811 NO

1.2

NO

NO 0.23 0.07

1.1

ND

NO 027 0.08

1.1

NO

NO 0.22. 0.07

1.2

NO

NO 0.21 0.07

NA

NO

13 0.25 0.04

NA

NO

NO 0.34 0.13

NA

NO

NO 0.24 0.11

NA

NO

NO 0.23 0.10

NA

NO

NO 0.27 0.18

NA

NO

NO 1.7 0.08

NA

v

24

3.1 0.04

Table A-7. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Piedmont-Blue Ridge Stations. Part 8: Metals.

GWN-P1A llel1wdltr

NO NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO NO NO 112 NO NO NO NO NO 11,800 NO NO NO 2,ZOO NO 4,<100 ND NO

GWN-P5
Hd
GWN.P12A BuUa

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 38 NO NO NO NO NO 24,000 NO NO NO 4,700 NO 2,500 NO NO
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 111,000 NO I) NO 2,800 20 38,000 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 18,000 NO NO NO 2,1100 20 38,000 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 18,000 NO NO NO 2,600 21 40,000 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 18,000 NO I) NO 2,600 20 38,000 NO NO

GWN-P20
Glllnnett

NO I'll NO 13 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 170 NO NO 3.5 NO NO 40,000 NO I> NO 7,400 35 11,000 NO NO

GWN-P21

NO I> 111 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 15 NO 1.4 8.3 NO NO 40,000 NO NO NO 8,100 70 18,000 NO NO

JonH

NO I> 9.5 ND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 15 NO 2.5 7.6 NO NO 37,000 NO 26 NO 7,800 50 16,000 NO NO

..l.>
N

NO ND 5.6 I> NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 15 NO NO 10.0 NO NO 40,000 NO NO NO 9,400 52 16,000 NO NO NO ND NO ND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 16 NO NO 8.4 NO NO 41,000 NO NO NO 9,300 56 16,000 NO NO

GWN-P22 Fulton

NO NO 30 NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO 111 NO 1.2 NO NO NO 1,000 NO 211 NO 1,100 NO 2,200

NO NO

GIIIIN-P23 Bul18

NO NO NO 11 NO NO NO ND NO NO NO 5 .1 NO NO 1.9 NO NO 11,000 NO NO NO 3,600 NO 13,000 ND NO NO NO NO 23 NO ND NO NO NO NO NO 6.0 NO NO 2 .0 NO NO 12,000 NO NO NO 3,700 NO 14,000 ND NO NO NO NO 15 NO ND NO NO NO NO NO lUi NO NO 2.0 NO NO 12,000 NO 35 NO 3,100 NO 14,000 NO NO NO NO NO 10 NO ND NO NO NO NO NO 5.1 NO NO 2.2 NO NO 12,000 NO 22 NO 3,800 NO 14,000 NO NO

GWN-P24 Coin1a

NO NO NO 40 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 4 .11 NO NO 1.8 NO NO 31,000 NO ND NO 4,800 NO 11,000 NO NO

G'MW25 Jones

NO NO 5.5 NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO 24 NO NO 8 .9 NO NO 10,000 NO 87 NO 4,300 31 15,000 NO NO NO NO 14 24 NO 1'1) NO ND NO NO NO 20 NO NO 22 NO NO 13,000 NO 180 NO 5,400 39 16,000 NO NO NO ND 12 31 NO 1'1) NO NO NO NO NO 22 NO NO 22 NO NO 13,000 NO 58 NO 5,300 21 17,000 ND NO NO NO 8.9 NO NO I) NO NO NO NO NO 24 NO NO 12 NO NO 11,000 NO 3110 NO 4,800 45 18,000 /Ill NO

GWN.P28
e-m

5.4 ND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 24 NO NO NO NO NO 11,000 NO 32 NO 3,700 NO 9,800 NO NO

GWN-P30 Uncoln

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 29,000 NO NO NO 34,000 NO 18,000 ND NO

Table A-7 Continued. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Piedmont-Blue Ridge stations. Part A: station Identification, Dat8 of Sampling, Field Parameters, VOC&, Anions, and Non-Metals

............

[C!l'<mtl

I

GWN-P32

Cec:ctti Deap Will

400

NG

NG 01/14114 7.89 938 8.1111 17.84

NO

Elt.t

DW8114 7.70 882 0.84 17.1111

NO

OJQI/14 7.13 1160 1.80 20.84

NO

101U7114 7.48 980 0.115 18.115

NO

GWM-1'33

Cecx:l*ll Bend Will

47

NG

NG 01/14114 5.1111 86 8.37 17.32

NO

Elbert

OWQ/14 8.27 87 9.08 18.18

NO

07108114 5..83 110 10.52 18.05

NO

1CW7114 5.93 117 3.88 18.05

NO

GWN-P34

~81118..-

NG

NG

NG O'l/27114 5.98 143 7.39 18.13

NO

Columl* Cotlitlge Area 'Wal

04122114 5.40 118 9.38 18.55

NO

0812Dt14 5.58 131 10.47 18.93

NO

=!>

11!04114 5.88 131 8.33 18.54

NO

N

N

GWN-P35

O'Cornr'Wal

150

NG

NG 01114114 7.12 211 1.07 18.78

NO

Fnnklln

041011114 7.14 189 0.118 17.78

NO

0711111114 8.71 188 2.80 17.13

NO

101U7/14 8.88 197 1.85 17.02

ND

GWN-P37

... NlyiC1I.y Hal Will

500

NG

NG 01/14114 5.88 519 7.91 18.48

NO

Hllllnhllm

DW8114 5.81 448 7.45 17.811

NO

OJQI/14 5.94 388 5.52 18.118

NO

1007114 5.85 375 5.87 18.89

NO

GWN-4'311

~Willi I t

230

NG

NG Olli1BM4 4.83 79 5.88 19.02

NO

Cunlll

GW.N..-P..3.9....... O.,Walt1

800

NG

NG 12123114 5.58 18 9.14 18.24

NO

GWN-P40
c.-..

&a.nW11112

300

NG

NG 04122114 5.48 102 8.37 19.32

NO

NO

NO NO 0.03

ND

450 ND ND

NO

200 0.10 ND

NO

440 ND ND

NO

NO 0.118 0.03

NO

ND 0.75 0.04

NO

ND 0.78 0.02

NO

ND 0.84 0.02

NO

19 D.A2 0.17

NO

14 0..42 0.14

NO

11 D.52 0.18

NO

ND 0..511 0.18

NO

NO NO 0.02

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO NO 0.02

NO

NO

NO

NO

110

22

1.7

NO

97

20 1.5 ND

58

28 0.79 ND

43

27 0.38 NO

NO

ND 1.8 NO

NO

ND 1.2 0.07

NO

NO 1.7 0.09

Table A-7 Continued. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Piedmont-Blue Ridge Stations.
Part B: Metala.

GWN-1'32 Elbert

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 3.8 NO NO 11 NO NO 250,000 NO 110 NO 1,200 31 32,000 NO NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO ND NO NO NO NO NO NO 111 NO NO 170,000 NO 20 NO 2.000 20 25,000 ND NO NO NO NO 35 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 2.8 NO NO 13 NO NO 09,000 NO NO NO 2,000 11 18,000 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO 3.4 NO NO 16 NO NO 190,000 NO NO NO 1,900 19 27,000 NO NO

GWN.f'33 Elbllrt

NO NO 13 25 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 28 NO 1.8 NO 240 NO 8,8111 NO 220 NO NO NO 3,100 ND NO
NO NO ttl 18 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 25 NO 2.2 NO 200 NO 12,000 NO 370 NO NO NO 3,300 NO NO NO ND 10 17 NO ND NO NO NO ND NO 25 NO NO NO NO NO 17,000 NO 110 NO NO NO 3,800 NO NO NO NO 11 19 NO NO NO NO NO NO ND 24 NO 1.2 NO 62 NO 17,000 NO 300 NO NO 15 4,000 NO NO

GWN-P34 Columbll

NO NO NO 14 NO NO NO ND 6.8 18 NO NO NO ND NO 11 NO NO NO ND 7.8 15 NO NO

NO NO NO NO NO 19 NO 1.1 16 NO NO 11,000 NO NO
NO NO NO NO NO 24 NO NO 11 NO NO 8,600 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 16 NO NO 13 NO NO 8,eoo NO ND NO NO NO NO ND 18 NO NO 11 NO NO 8,200 NO ND

NO 5,700 NO 12,000 NO NO NO 4,500 NO 8,500 NO NO
NO 4,400 NO 8,700 NO NO NO 4,200 NO 9,500 NO NO

)>

GWN-P35

NO ND NO ND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 29 NO NO 2.8 NO NO 19,000 NO 22 6,0110 5,900 120 6,800 ND NO

I
Nw

Fnlnldln

NO ND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 46,000 NO NO NO ND NO NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO 34 NO NO 2.8 NO NO 20,000 NO 26 8,700 6,300 130 7,500 NO NO

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO 32 NO NO 3.3 NO NO 20,000 NO 58 11,300 11,2110 120 7,100 NO NO

GWN-P37
Habar~hlm

NO NO NO 25 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 93 NO 1.1 NO NO NO 37,000 NO 220 NO 13,000 79 20,000 NO NO NO NO NO 21 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 82 NO NO NO NO NO 39,000 NO 82 NO 13,000 73 22,000 ND NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 47 NO NO NO NO NO 44,000 NO 180 NO 11,000 78 11,000 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO ND NO 25 NO ND 1.0 NO NO 46,000 NO 700 NO 9,700 99 9,000 NO NO

GWN-P38 C.rroll

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 28 NO 1.1 NO NO NO 1,100 NO NO NO NO 24 4,700 NO NO

GWN-P39
llerlweth

NO NO NO 13 NO ND NO NO NO NO NO 39 NO NO NO NO NO 5,200 NO 1,100 NO 1,300 NO 6,800 NO NO

GWN-P40 Glwn

NO NO NO 22 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 21 NO NO 7.8 NO NO 8,0111 NO NO NO 1,700 NO 9,900 NO NO

Table A-7 Continued. Ground-Water Quality Analyees for Piedmont-Blue Ridge Stations.
Part A: Station Identification, Date of Sampling, Field Parameters, VOCe, Anions, and Non-Metals.

f2!~

Will Name
I

GlfM.SR1B

YCUIII Hmlll

2116

NG

NG om8114 7.01 178 1.31 15.38

ND

T-. s--.... Rial Wal

Dlil13t14 8.17 188 1.40 15.75

ND

1111105114 8.23 163 5.63 15.58

ND

111211114 7.10 178 1.80 18.40

ND

GlfM.SR5 Murray

Clllawor1H NilcSprq

0

NG

NG 118111114 5.72 37

NA 13.50

ND

~

ND

22 0.05 ND

ND

211 0.08 0.112

NO

21 0.04 NO

NO

22 0.04 NO

NO

NO 0.38 0.05

Table A-7 Continued. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Piedmont-Blue Ridge Stations.
Part B: Metals.

GWN-BR1B
Town
GWN-BR5
Murny

NO ND NO ND ND tC) NO tC) NO NO NO 80 NO NO 8.2 NO NO 22,000 NO ND ND 4.1100 18 4,000 NO NO ND NO NO NO NO tC) NO ND NO NO NO T7 NO NO 7.3 110 NO 21,000 NO ND NO 4,1100 13 4,000 NO ND NO NO NO NO NO N> NO N> NO NO NO 78 ND NO 8.1 NO NO 21,000 NO NO NO 4,800 14 4,000 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO N> NO N> NO NO NO 80 NO NO 8.3 NO NO 21,000 NO 23 NO 5,000 15 4,100 NO NO
NO NO NO NO NO N> NO NO NO NO NO 11 NO NO NO NO NO 2,800 NO NO NO NO NO 2,800 NO NO

~
U'l

Table A-8. Ground-WatBr Quality Analyses for Valley-and-Ridge/Appalachian PlatBau Stations. Part A: Station Identification, Date of Sampling, Field Parameters, VOCe, Anions, and Non-Metals.

GWN-VR1 F!ap

FJCounly ICir1lsiDn Real Wei

280

NG

NG 011125114 7.23 254 10.02 18.21

GWN-VR2A W.lllerp

L.afayellla .__..
lila Spmg

0

NG

NG 04110114 6.35 275 13.11 16.82

GWN-VR3

~Crawlleh

0

Wilker

Splq

NG

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Table A-8. Ground-Water Quality Analyses for Valley-and~dge/Appalachian Plateau Stations. Part B: Metals.

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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 8.8 NO NO NO NO NO 28,000 NO NO NO 18.000 NO 1,800 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 85 NO NO NO NO NO 37,11111 NO NO NO 13,000 NO 1,800 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO ND NO NO NO 71 NO NO ND NO NO 32,11111 NO NO NO 14.000 NO 1,300 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 530 NO NO NO NO NO 29,000 NO NO NO 18,000 NO 5,900 NO NO

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Table A-9. Analytes, EPA Analytical Methods, and Reporting Limits.

Analyte

Reporting Limit/ EPA Method

Analyte

Reporting Limit/ EPA Method

Vinyl Chloride
1,1-Dichloroeth ylene
Dichloromethane
Trans-1,2Dichloroeth ylene Cis-1,2Dichloroeth ylene 1,1, 1-Trichloroethane Carbon Tetrachloride
Benzene

0.5 ug/L I 524.2 0.5 ugll 1524.2 0.5 ugll I 524.2 0.5 ugll I 524.2 0.5 ugll I 524.2 0.5 ugll I 524.2 0.5 ugll 1524.2 0.5 ugll I 524.2

1,2-Dichloroethane 0.5 ug/L I 524.2

Dichlorodifluoromethane
Chloromethane

0.5 ugll I 524.2 0.5 ugll I 524.2

Bromomethane

0.5 ugll I 524.2

Chloroethane
Fluorotrichloromethane
1, 1-Dichloroethane

0.5 ugiL 1524.2 0.5 ugll 1524.2 0.5 ugll 1524.2

2,2-Dichloropropane 0.5 ugll 1524.2

Bromochloromethane

0.5 ugll I 524.2

Chloroform

0.5 ugll I 524.2

Trichloroethylene 0.5 ugll I 524.2

1,1-Dichloropropene 0.5 ugll I 524.2

1,2-Dichloropropane 0.5 ugll I 524.2

Toluene
1,1 ,2-Trichloroethane
Tetrachloroethylene

0.5 ugll I 524.2 0.5 ugll I 524.2 0.5 ug/L I 524.2

Chlorobenzene

0.5 ug/L I 524.2

Ethylbenzene

0.5 ug/L 1524.2

Total Xylenes

0.5 ugll 1524.2

Styrene

0.5 ugll 1524.2

p-Dichlorobenzene
a-Dichlorobenzene 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene

0.5 ug/L I 524.2 0.5 ugll I 524.2 0.5 ug/L I 524.2

Dibromomethane 0.5 ugll 1524.2

Bromodichloromethane Cis-1,3-Dichloropropene
Trans-1,3Dichloropropene

0.5 ugll I 524.2 0.5 ug/L I 524.2 0.5 ugll I 524.2

1,3-Dichloropropane 0.5 ugll I 524.2

Chlorodibromomethane

0.5 ugll I 524.2

1,2-Dibromoethane 0.5 ugll 1524.2

1,1,1,2Tetrachloroethane

0.5 ugll 1524.2

Bromoform

0.5 ugll I 524.2

lsopropylbenzene
1 ,1,2,2Tetrachloroethane

0.5 ugll I 524.2 0.5 ugll I 524.2

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Table A-9, Continued. Analytes, EPA Analytical Methods, and Reporting Limits.

Analyte

Reporting Limit/ EPA Method

Analyte

Reporting Limit/ EPA Method

Bromobenzene
1,2,3-Trichloropropane
n-Propylbenzene

0.5 ug/L /524.2 0.5 ug/L I 524.2 0.5 ugll 1524.2

o-Chlorotoluene
1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene
p-Chlorotoluene

0.5 ugll I 524.2 0.5 ugll 1524.2 0.5 ugll 1524.2

Tert-Butylbenzene
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
Sec-Butyl benzene

0.5 ug/L /524.2 0.5 ug/L I 524.2 0.5 ug/L I 524.2

p-lsopropyltoluene 0.5 ug/L I 524.2

m-Dichlorobenzene 0.5 ug/L I 524.2

n-Butylbenzene
1,2-Dibromo-3chloropropane Hexachlorobutad iene
Naphthalene
1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene Methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE)
Chloride

0.5 ug/L I 524.2 0.5 ug/L /524.2 0.5 ug/L /524.2 0.5 ug/L I 524.2 0.5 ug/L I 524.2 0.5 ug/L I 524.2 10 mg/L I 300.0

Sulfate* Nitrate/nit rite*

10 mgll /300.0
0.02 mg/Las Nitrogen 1353.2

Total Phosphorus Fluoride Silver Aluminum Arsenic Barium Beryllium Calcium Cobalt Chromium Copper Iron Potassium Magnesium Manganese Sodium Nickel Lead Antimony Selenium

0.02 mg/L /365.1 0.20 mg/L I 300.0 10 ugiL 1200.7 (ICP) 60 ug/L /200.7 80 ugll 1200.7 10 ugll 1200.7 10 ug/L 1200.7 1000 ug/L /200.7 10 ugll /200.7 20 ugll 1200.7 20 ugiL /200.7 20 ug/L /200.7 5000 ugll I 200.7 1000 ugll I 200.7 10 ug/L /200.7 1000 ug/L /200.7 20 ug/L /200.7 90 ug/L 1200.7 120 ug/L 1200.7 190 ug/L /200.7

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Table A-9, Continued. Analytes, EPA Analytical Methods, and Reporting Limits.

Analyte

Reporting Limit/ EPA Method

Analyte

Reporting Limit/ EPA Method

Titanium Thallium Vanadium Zinc Chromium Nickel Copper Zinc Arsenic Selenium

10 ugll /200.7
200 ugll I 200.7
10 ugll 1200.7 20 ugll I 200.7 5 ugll 1200.8 (ICPMS) 10 ugll I 200.8 5 ugll /200.8 10 ug/L I 200.8 5 ug/L I 200.8 5 ugll /200.8

Molybdenum Silver Cadmium Tin Antimony Barium Thallium Lead Uranium

5 ugll I 200.8 5 ugll I 200.8 0.7 ugll 1200.8 30 ugll 1200.8 5 ugll I 200.8 2 ugll I 200.8 1 ug/L I 200.8 1 ug/L I 200.8 1 ug/L I 200.8

* Note: Reporting limits for sulfate and nitrate/nitrite are subject to change. A
sample with a concentration of either analyte greater than certain ranges may need to be diluted to bring the concentration within the analytical ranges of the testing instruments. This dilution results in a proportional increase in the reporting limit.

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Table A-10. Analytes, Primary MCLs (A), and Secondary MCLs (B).

Analyte

Primary. MCL

Secondary MCL

Analyte

i Primary Second-

MCL

aryMCL

Vinyl Chloride 1I 1-Dichloroethylene
Dichloromethane
Trans-1~2-
Dichloroethylene
Cis-1,2Dichloroethylene
1I 1,1-Trichloroethane

2 ug/L 7 ug/L 5 ug/L

None None None

100 ug/L None

70 ug/L None

200 ug/L None

Carbon Tetrachloride 5 ug/L None

Benzene 1,2-Dichloroethane

5 ug/L 5 ug/L

None None

Trichloroethylene

5 ug/L None

1~2-Dichloro-propane 5 ug/L

Toluene
1,1 ,2-Trichloroethane Tetrachloroethylene

1,000 ug/L 5 ug/L
5 ug/L

None None None None

- Chiorobenzene
Ethylbenzene Total Xylenes Styrene

100 ug/L None

700 ug/L
10,000 ug/L
100 ug/L

None None None

p-Dichlorobenzene a-Dichlorobenzene 11214-Trichlorobenzene Chloroform (1)
Bromodichloromethane (2) Chlorodibromomethane (3)
Bromoform (4)
Chloride Sulfate
Nitrate/nitrite
Fluoride Aluminum Antimony Arsenic Barium Beryllium Cadmium Chromium

I 75 ug/L None
600 ug/L None

70 ug/L None

Total

1121314 = None

80 ug/L

Total
= 1121314 None

80 ugll

Total

1,21314 = None

80 ug/L

Total
= 1,2,314 None

80 ug/L

None

250 mg/L

None

250 mg/L

10 mgll

as

None

Nitrogen

4 mg/L 2 mg/L

None

50-200 ug/L

6 ug/L None

10 ugll
2000 ug/L
4 ugll

None None None

5 ug/L None

100 ugll None

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Table A-10. Continued. Analytes. Primary MCLs (A). and Secondary MCLs (B).

Analyte

Primary MCL

Secondary MCL

Analyte

Primary Second-

MCL

ary MCL

Copper Iron Lead Manganese Nickel

Action level= 1,300 ugll(C)

1000 ug/L

Selenium

None
Action level= 15 ug!L(C)

300 ug/L Silver

None

Thallium

None

50 ug/L Zinc

100 ug/L None

50 ug/L None

None

100 ug/L

2 ug/L None

None

5,000 ug/L

Notes:
= (A) Primary MCL Primary Maximum Contaminant Level, a maximum
concentration of a substance (other than lead or copper) allowed in public drinking water due to adverse health effects.

(B) Secondary MCL = Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level, a maximum
concentration of a substance suggested for public drinking water due solely to unpleasant characteristics such as bad flavor or stain-causing ability.

(C) Action Level = the maximum concentrations of lead or copper permitted for public drinking water as measured at the user's end of the system. Water issuing from at least ninety percent of a representative sample of user's end outlets must contain copper or lead concentrations at or below their respective action levels.

mg/L

=milligrams per liter.

ug/L

= micrograms per liter.

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