Record Details
WRRCTR No.181 Organic Chemical Contamination of Oahu Groundwater
ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | WRRCTR No.181 Organic Chemical Contamination of Oahu Groundwater |
| Creator | Lau, L. Stephen |
| Subject | groundwater potable water water wells pesticides nematicides potable-water wells DBCP EDB TCP soil fumigants saprolites Mililani wells Waipio wells Oahu Hawaii Dibromochloropropane -- Hawaii -- Oahu -- Environmental aspects. Ethylene dibromide -- Hawaii -- Oahu -- Environmental aspects. Groundwater -- Pollution -- Hawaii -- Oahu. Organic water pollutants -- Hawaii -- Oahu. |
| Description | An investigative project developed the scientific knowledge needed to respond to the discovery of organic chemical contamination of groundwater in Hawaii. Ethylene dibromide (EDB) and dibromochloropropane (DBCP), both suspected carcinogens to humans and banned shortly after the discovery of contamination, were discovered in the tens of nanograms per liter (ng/l or parts per trillion) in central, southern, and northern Oahu. As a result, eight potable water wells were closed, thereby removing... State of Hawaii: Legislature, Office of Environmental Quality Control, and Department of Health Grant/Contract No. T-377 |
| Date | 2008-07-17T22:40:04Z 2008-07-17T22:40:04Z 1987-07 |
| Type | Report Text |
| Identifier | Lau LS. 1987. Organic chemical contamination of Oahu groundwater. Honolulu (HI): Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa. WRRC technical report, 181. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1987 |
| Language | en-US |
| Relation | WRRC Technical Report 181 |
| Format | xviii + 153 pages application/pdf |
| Publisher | Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa |
