Public Health Assessment for Sturgis Municipal Wells, Sturgis, St. Joseph County,Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID980703011. Final Report

摘要

The Sturgis Municipal Wells site was listed on the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency (U.S. EPA) National Priorities List (NPL) in September 1984. In 1982, two of the four wells supplying the City of Sturgis municipal water system were found to be contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE). Traces of TCE were also found in food products prepared in a plant whose wells were contaminated. Tetrachloroethylene (also called perchloroethylene or PCE) also was found in the original contaminated municipal wells. The contamination in the groundwater has been linked to two source areas: the site of a former woodworking and furniture manufacturing facility and a manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment. TCE, PCE, and other volatile organic compounds have been found in groundwater from monitoring wells within the city, and in soil and soil gas from the source areas. The site currently poses an indeterminate public health hazard. Although there are no indications that exposure to contaminants is occurring at levels of health concern, there is no information available on air concentrations either in the open or in basements.