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Advisory: 08/29/00 |
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Sampling of Water Quality of
a Private Ground Water Well in Concord, NH
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Who:
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U.S. Geological Survey
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What:
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Collect water samples from a private bedrock
well of a Concord resident and test the water quality
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When:
Time:
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Tuesday, August 29, 2000
Start Collecting and testing water
samples at
9:30 AM
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Where:
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102 Little Pond Road, Concord, NH near the
intersection of Fiske Road and Little Pond. Look for a large,
white farm house. Collection site is around in the back of
the house. USGS truck will be out front. Homeowner is Sylvia
Miskoe.
Hydrologist is Sarah Flanagan
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Why:
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Private wells drilled in bedrock are an
important source of drinking water in New Hampshire and New
England; however, because private wells are unregulated, little
information is known about the water quality of these wells.
The USGS, as part of a national program called the National
Water Quality Assessment program, is randomly sampling selected
bedrock wells throughout the State to determine the quality
of this important source of drinking water.
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Visuals:
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The USGS scientists will be:
- extracting water from the private drilled
well in Concord
- testing on-site for volatile organic
compounds, pesticides, emerging contaminants such as antibiotic
drugs, radon gas, and arsenic, lead, and copper.
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Contacts:
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On August 29, 2000
Debra Foster 8:00 am-5:00 pm (603) 226-7837
Sarah Flanagan 9:00 am-2 pm at (603) 496-8972
(Cell phone)
Before August 29, contact Sarah Flanagan
at (603) 226-7811
E-mail:dhfoster@usgs.gov or sflanaga@usgs.gov
FAX: (603) 226-7894
For more detailed information about the
New England National Water Quality Assessment program go to
the web site http://nh.water.usgs.gov/CurrentProjects/nawqa/nawqaweb.htm
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