Areal extent of petroleum-related compounds from a gasoline and diesel-fuel leak in ground water at a site in Yakima, Washington, 1984-89

Wagner, R. J.

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A gasoline and diesel-fuel leak was discovered in the early 1980‘s at a service station in Yakima, Washington, and an attempt to recover the flee-floating petroleum product was unsuccessful. From 1984 through 1989, data were collected from observation wells drilled near the site of the leak and from nearby domestic wells during three separate studies. Between February 1985 and November 1986, benzene, toluene, xylenes, and other soluble compounds of petroleum origin were found at concentrations that exceeded standards for drinking water in all samples from observation wells within 300 feet of the service station. These compounds also were found in smaller concentrations in some samples from domestic wells as far as 1,500 feet downgradient of the service station. Concentrations of these soluble compounds in ground-water samples collected in March 1989 had decreased, and areal distribution of the compounds was smaller than when monitoring began in 1984.

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30319

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Wagner, R. J.

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v, 81 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. [PGS - 87 p.]

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U.S. Geological Survey ; Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor],

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Water-Resources Investigations Report

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WRI

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92-4017

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Areal extent of petroleum-related compounds from a gasoline and diesel-fuel leak in ground water at a site in Yakima, Washington, 1984-89; 1995; WRI; 92-4017; Wagner, R. J.

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1995

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Areal extent of petroleum-related compounds from a gasoline and diesel-fuel leak in ground water at a site in Yakima, Washington, 1984-89; 1995; WRI; 92-4017; Wagner, R. J.