Herbicide contaminates S' ““ ” ,ber
DER laboratory tests showed the
"gray powder” which caused
borough officials to ban use of the
water on,Tuesday, July 7, -con
tained lead, zinc and a sulfide.
The water samples also showed
traces of a petroleum product,
such as those used as a carrier for
herbicides.
water reservoir
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vironmental Resources Wed
nesday announced laboratory tests
revealed a herbicide, metals and a
petroleum product were present in
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water samples taken from the
Duncannon Borough Reservoir.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 11,1981—A17
Reservoir water contained .92
part per million of the herbicide.
The federal government has set .1
ppm as the safe level for drinking
water. Samples taken from the
water supply system after initial
flushing dropped-from .035 ppm
Tuesday morning to .005 ppm
Tuesday night, DER tests showed.
The reservoir was flushed
Tuesday, July 7, and a second
flushing was planned for today, but
DER said the water-use ban would
remain until laboratory tests could
be completed to show the system to
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Federal drinking water limits for
lead, a-toxic substance, is .05 ppm
and for zinc, considered non-toxic,
is 5 ppm. The amounts of these
substances found in the reservoir
and in the Pipeline were pending
laboratory results.
At the same time, DER granted
the borough permission to drain
the half-million gallons of polluted
water from its reservoir into
Sherman’s Creek, a tributary to
the Susquehanna River. DER
stipulated that the Reservoir
discharge was to spread over 24
hours.
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