Are there private wells west of Old Dixie Highway and the railroad tracks that could intercept contaminated groundwater?
DOH identified private wells on both sides of Old Dixie Highway and the railroad. Seacoast Utilities personnel helped us find three homes east of Old Dixie Highway that have private wells. Since this northern area of groundwater contamination has been adequately evaluated, we concluded that these three private wells would not have contaminated water from Trans Circuits. They are too far away from the site. Rolous Frazier and Fred Lott, both DOH Environmental Specialists, visited the northernmost part of Riviera Beach in February 2000. This part of the city is between the Trans Circuits and Solitron Devices sites. They visited the addresses the City of Riviera Beach Utilities billing department gave us (as billing addresses that might have private wells) and then asked if the residents used private wells. They found and sampled seven private wells for groundwater contamination. The analyses did not detect any chemicals related to Trans Circuits or Solitron Devices nor did they find othe
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