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PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY PROJECT
Sampling of 33 private wells indicated that the uranium levels above background were present
in the ground water outside of the FEMP property boundary (SITE 1996). The Hamilton
County Department of Public Water Works (HCDPW) proposed to implement a Public Water
Supply (PWS) system that was an alternative water source for the approximately 300 property
owners near the FEMP that were affected by, or had the potential to be affected by, uranium
contaminated ground water generated by past operations at the FEMP (NEPA 1993). The
Public Water Supply System would provide a safe, reliable source of potable water to these
affected residents. The Department of Energy (DOE) partially funded this Public Water Supply
project.
The Hamilton County Department of Public Water Works determined that with the small
population of the Fernald area, transmission times would be extraordinarily long. The HCDPW
asked the FEMP to become a user of this proposed public water system (NEPA 1993). A large
user of water would significantly reduce the lag in transmission time. As one can see from the
following graph, the FEMP is large user of water . The average daily usage ranges between
202 and 372 thousand gallons of water.
FEMP Daily
Water Flow
Thousand Gallons of Water
800 r7
600 06523 533~~~ ~40 7 516
,4 o 45 92 437 470 444 47 444 4 853
40 3528 314 2632 .
20289_ 2. 2 210 29 2 17 6 25 174 22 234 202 209 21
2 0 0 _ 51 1 0 _ _ ,.. 71 - 2 41 44 42 34 68
%1b96 Apr96 Jun96 Aug96 Oct96 Dec96 Feb97 Apr97 Jun97
AveageMaximum Minimum
Water Flow Water Flow Water Flow
City Water began on a uary 17, 1996
A Day is a 24 hour period: Midnight to Midnight
[from Utilities Operations data files]2
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Neary, C. Public water supply and distribution at the FEMP, article, October 1, 1997; United States. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc691810/m1/4/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.