CHAPTER 4 - THE TECHNICAL BASIS FOR GROUNDWATER PROTECTION 

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The following land uses and classes of contaminants are covered in the 



guide : 



Land-Use Categories Covered 



Agriculture/Golf Courses 



Airports 



Asphalt Plants 



Boat Yards/Builders 



Car Washes 



Cemeteries 



Chemical Manufacturers 



Clandestine Dumping 



Furniture Stripping/Painting 



Hazardous Materials 



Industrial Lagoons and Pits 



Jewelry and Metal Plating 



Junkyards 



Landfills 



Laundromats 



Machine Shops/Metal Working 



Municipal Wastewater 



Photography Labs/Printers 



Railroad Tracks , Yards/maintenance 



Research Labs/University/Hospitals 



Road and Maintenance Depots 



Sand and Gravel Mining/Washing 



Septage Lagoons and Sludge 



Septic Systems and Water Softeners 



Sewer Lines 



Storage/Transfer 



Stables/Feedlots/Kennels/Piggeries/Manure Pits 



Stormwater Drains, Retention Basins 



Stump Dumps 



Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) 



Vehicular Services 



Wood Preserving 



Contaminants Covered 



Acids 



Bases 



Chloride 



Fluoride 



Metals (Except Fe/Mn) 



Iron and Manganese (Fe/Mn) 



Nitrates 



Pathogens (Virus/Bacteria) 



Pesticides/Herbicides 



Petroleum Products 



Phenols 



Radioactivity 



Sodium 



Solvents 



Sulfate 



Surfactants (Detergents) 



Figure 4.4, taken from the guide, is provided to illustrate the 

 possible pathways contaminants may take depending on their character- 

 istics and the hydrogeologic setting. 



