Ground Water Contamination definition
Ground Water Contamination means, for the purpose of this chapter, the presence outside an applicable zone of discharge in Class F-I, G-I, or G-II ground water of one or more substances in quantities which exceed a primary drinking water maximum contaminant level as set forth in Chapter 62-550, F.A.C., present an imminent hazard pursuant to Section 403.855, F.S., or for which the State Health Officer in the Department of Health, based upon a written request from the Department, has advised the Department in writing is present in deleterious amounts. The determination, under this section, of the existence of ground water contamination based upon the presence of deleterious amounts shall not constitute the establishment of a standard under either Chapter 62-520 or 62-550, F.A.C. If the concentration of any primary drinking water standard in the natural background quality of the ground water is greater than the stated maximum contaminant level, the representative background value shall be the prevailing standard.
Ground Water Contamination means nitrate-nitrogen or other material which enters the ground water due to action of any person and causes degradation of the quality of ground water sufficient to make such ground water unsuitable for present or reasonably foreseeable beneficial usesis defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-706(3).
Examples of Ground Water Contamination in a sentence
In March 2008, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) announced that the San Germán Ground Water Contamination site in Puerto Rico (the “Site”) had been added to the Superfund National Priorities List due to contamination present in the local drinking water supply.
SulTRAC has prepared this Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) as Attachment B of the Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP) for the Lane Street Ground Water Contamination Site (Lane Street Site) in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Remedial Action Contract (RAC) 2 for Region 5, Contract No. EP-S5-06-02, Work Assignment (WA) No. 059-RICO- B5LH.