Recommendation 235: Recommendations on Groundwater Investigations at the U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Reservation

ORSSAB makes several specific recommendations for the protection of groundwater on and near the Oak Ridge Reservation.

Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management

May 15, 2017
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The potential for contaminant migration in groundwater represents an ongoing and future risk to the environment via the potential for media transfer to surface water and to human health if groundwater is used for drinking water. Therefore protection of groundwater is important to the Oak Ridge Reservation and surrounding communities.