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Community Relations Community Relations Site List Somers Point GW Contamination
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Somers Point Ground Water Contamination
Dobbs Avenue
Somers Point City, Atlantic County
PI #
001136
BLOCK: Various LOT: Various
Office of Community Relations (OCR)
(609) 984-3081 | (800) 253-5647
As
of January 2005
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Non-Superfund
State Lead, IEC |
TYPE OF FACILITY: |
Not Applicable |
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OPERATION STATUS: |
Not Applicable |
PROPERTY SIZE: |
Not Applicable |
SURROUNDING LAND USE: |
Residential/Commercial |
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| MEDIA AFFECTED |
CONTAMINANTS |
STATUS |
| Ground Water |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
Confirmed |
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| Potable Water |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
Treating |
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| FUNDING SOURCES |
AMOUNT AUTHORIZED |
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| Corporate Business Tax |
$100,000 |
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SITE DESCRIPTION/RESOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS:
Routine monitoring conducted in 2003 revealed a municipal supply well
located in Somers Point City was contaminated with methyl tertiary-butyl
ether (MTBE) at levels exceeding New Jersey Drinking Water Standard for
this volatile organic compound. New Jersey American Water Company installed
an air stripper on the well to treat the contamination, but recent sampling
has shown increasing levels of MTBE in the water before it is treated.
NJDEP’s Remedial Response Element is conducting an investigation
to delineate the ground water contamination, evaluate future impacts to
the public supply well and possible impacts to private potable wells in
the area, and identify possible sources of the contamination. NJDEP will
sample the ground water and nearby private potable wells in 2004 as part
of this investigation.
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cases labeled by OCR as inactive may still be undergoing remedial
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