Drinking Water Quality
Drinking Water Quality
We monitor and conduct research to determine the source and extent of water quality contamination where it is identified as well as identifying potential impacts to clean and plentiful drinking water to provide water purveyors and managers information that helps them protect and restore these valuable resources.
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Columbia Basin GWMA
More than 80 percent of drinking water in the mid-Columbia Basin comes from ground water. In Adams, Franklin, and Grant Counties, nitrate concentrations in water from about 20 percent of all drinking-water wells exceed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maximum contaminant level for nitrate. The three counties jointly formed the Columbia Basin Ground Water Management Area (GWMA) in February...
SUBASE Bangor
SUBASE Bangor is a 6,785 acre Navy installation located on Hood Canal in Kitsap County, Washington. Currently it serves as the home port to eight Ohio-class TRIDENT missile submarines, but historically the site served as a Naval Ammunition Depot. As a result of the historical activities at Bangor, numerous contaminated sites have been identified. Contaminants include ordnance chemicals, trace...