vancouver water station #1 contamination

E. RESERVE AND N.E. FOURTH PLAIN BLVD.

The Vancouver Water Station #1 site, located at East Reserve and Northeast Plain Boulevard in Vancouver, Washington, is one of the well fields that supplies drinking water to the city of Vancouver. Vancouver Water Station #1 is the largest of Vancouver's operating well fields and is located in a municipal park called Waterworks Park. Ten wells pump as much as 20 million gallons of water per day during peak periods to supply drinking water to the residents of Vancouver and Clark County. In 1988, the city of Vancouver discovered low levels of tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in some of the wells at Station #1. In 1992, the concentrations of PCE in some individual wells exceeded the federal drinking water standard for this chemical. Site Responsibility: This site is being addressed through federal actions and local actions.

Hazardous Ranking Score

50 / 100

A score of 28.5 or higher qualifies a site for the Superfund National Priority List.

Regional Contact

Region 10
Phone: (800) 424-4372

Contact Region

Subscribe

Timeline

Discovery
Site Inspection
Preliminary Assessment
Final Listing On NPL
Removal

Contaminants & Health Effects

      Carcinogen
      Endocrine Disrupter
      Neurotoxic
      Sensitiser
      Reproductive Toxin
      Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
      VOC
      Mutagen

        Census

        White
        African American
        Asian
        American Indian and Alaska Native
        Native Hawaiian
        Other

        17,667

        People living
        within a 1 mile radius

        $59,257

        Average Income

        7,578

        Occupied homes

        Potentially Responsible Parties

        Similar Sites

        Add Story

        Stories

        No stories have been submitted for this site.