Health Consultation: Sparta Aquifer Vulnerability Study. Health Implications of Heavy Metals Contamination in Locust Bayou Private Wells, Locust Bayou, Calhoun County, Arkansas 71701, September 28, 2007

摘要

On May 4, 2007, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) informed the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was conducting a long-term Sparta Aquifer Vulnerability Study within the Locust Bayou community near the boundaries of Calhoun and Ouachita counties. The study of the groundwater within the Sparta Aquifer was initiated due to previous industrial activities near the former Shumaker Naval Ammunition Depot that EPA has been monitoring for many years. As a collaborative effort between the EPA Region 6, ADEQ, and ADH, this study consists of general (non-potable) groundwater monitoring in the area, as well as private residential (potable) well water testing in the community.