Health Assessment for Long Prairie Ground Water Contamination Site, Long Prairie, Minnesota, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MND980904072

摘要

The ground-water contamination in Long Prairie, Minnesota is listed on the National Priorities List. At the site, two municipal wells and many private wells are contaminated with tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and its degradative by-products trichloroethylene (TCE), cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (DCE) and vinyl chloride. The source of the contamination is a dry cleaning establishment located in the center of town. Maximum contaminant concentrations found in ground water in the municipal wells are 280 micro g/l PCE, 11 micro g/l TCE and micro g/l DCE. The maximum concentrations found in the private well are 1000 micro g/l PCE, 110 micro g/l TCE and 250 micro g/l DCE. Monitoring wells contain as much as 22,000 micro g/l PCE, 45 micro g/l TCE and 40 micro g/l DCE. The site is considered to be of public health concern because of the risk to human health caused by the likelihood of exposure to hazardous substances.