From May 2005 to June 2005, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality conducted a study, Potable Well Sampling Task 4.0, to determine if the chromium and chromium VI plume due to the discharge of the Pacific Gas and Electronic Topock Compressor Station has migrated under the Colorado River and impacted water supplies in Arizona. The ADEQ investigated the total chromium and hexavalent chromium (chromium VI) concentrations in (1) public water supply wells, (2) combined industrial and domestic water supply wells, and (3) private domestic water supply wells at Topock and Golden Shores, Arizona. The communities of Topock and Golden Shores have expressed their concerns regarding the findings. Thus, the ADEQ requested the Arizona Department of Health Services to evaluate the potential health effects of exposure to well water contaminated with chromium.
Details
- Health Consultation - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Topock Groundwater Study - Evaluation of Chromium in Groundwater Wells: Golden Shores and Topock, Mohave County, AZ
- Lin, Hsin-I (Author)
- Herrington, Don N. (Author)
- Battelle Memorial Institute. Technology Partnership Practice (Contributor)
- Identifier ValueHES 12.2:H 31 T 56
- Under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Division of Health Assessment and Consultation.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 12).