scholarly journals Site status monitoring report for underground storage tanks 1219-U, 1222-U, 2082-U, and 2068-U at the Rust Garage Facility, Buildings 9720-15 and 9754-1, Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Facility ID No. 0-010117

10.2172/39096 ◽  
1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Underground Storage ◽  
Storage Tanks ◽  
Oak Ridge ◽  
Status Monitoring ◽  
Underground Storage Tanks ◽  
Monitoring Report

Anthropology and Environmental Problems in the U.S.: The Case of Groundwater Contamination

1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 5-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Fitchen
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Underground Storage ◽  
Chemical Contamination ◽  
Storage Tanks ◽  
Agricultural Chemicals ◽  
Underground Storage Tanks ◽  
Industrial Operations ◽  
Improper Use ◽  
The U.S

Chemical contamination of groundwater has become increasingly prevalent in the U.S. Once thought to be safe from pollution, the underground aquifers that supply drinking water to about half of the U.S. population are now known to be vulnerable to contamination from leaking landfills, waste lagoons, underground storage tanks, improper use of agricultural chemicals, and various industrial operations. Manufactured chemical compounds, including industrial degreasers and solvents, as well as gasoline, pesticides and fertilizers (in all, over 700 synthetic organic chemicals) have seeped down through the soil to the aquifers and been detected in ground water. Nearly every state has identified cases of contamination serious enough to require closing of some public or private supply wells.

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