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North Whatcom Groundwater Update

 
Publication number Date Published
11-09-180October 2011
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Author(s) Mary O'Herron
Description The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is making available a 2007 study on pesticide contamination in well water in northwest Whatcom County. The report updates a 1998 study.The two studies looked at the extent, the source and the potential health risks of groundwater contamination in the Bertrand Creek area. Groundwater in this area is part of the Sumas-Blaine aquifer. The 1998 study also looked at an area northeast of Lynden called the Meadowdale area.
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Keywords groundwater monitoring, Whatcom, contaminated, pesticide, groundwater, groundwater contamination, ground water, ground water contamination, ethylene dibromide
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