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Domestic W
Well Tessting
San Juan
J
Countty Animass River Valleey
Reeleased by NMED:
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Auggust 9, 2015
Inresponseto
otheAugust5
5thspillofmin
newasteintotheAnimasR
River,theNew
wMexicoEnvirronmentDepartment
heU.S.Enviro
onmentalProttectionAgency(EPA)arepaartneringtoteestprivatedo
omesticwatersupply
(NMED)andth
w
wells,locatedintheAnimassRivervalleyinNewMexicco.Testingwilllidentifymettalsthatareo
ofconcerninrrelationto
tthespill,ando
otherparamettersthathelpinunderstandingthegeneeralqualityofwellwater.
TThetestingde
escribedbelow
wwillbeperfo
ormedonlyon
nwatersamplesfromprivaatedomesticw
wellsneartheeAnimas
R
River.Testinggofdrinkingw
watersupplied
dbypublicwatersystemsissconductedseparatelybyttheNMEDDriinking
W
WaterBureauasrequiredb
bythefederalSafeDrinkinggWaterAct.
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August1015,,2015
N
NMEDstaffwillsetupastationintheSanJuanCountyySheriffSubsstationattheC
CountyFairgrroundtoprovidefield
instrumenttesstingofwalkiinwatersamp
ples.Ownersofwellsalon
ngtheAnimassRiverfloodp
plainwillbe
p
prioritized.Ownersofwellsoutsidethe
efloodplainaareaareasked
dtobringtheeirsamplesto
otheWaterFaairheldat
SSycamoreParrkAugust242
25.Clientswillbeaskedtolocatetheirw
wellontheNM
MEDDWBSou
urceWaterPrrotection
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Atlasandgeosspatialcoordin
nateswillberrecordedonthewelltestfoorm.
TThefollowingfieldtestswillbeperforme
edattheFairggroundtestinggstation:
Iron,nitrateandfluorideusingaaHACHcolorimeter
pHussingcolormettricandelectrometricinstru
uments
speciificconductan
nceandtempe
eratureusingYSIorotherm
meters.
Iffwarranted,tthesewellsmayalsobeflagggedforaddittionallaboratoorytestingassdescribedbeelow.
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Additionally,ssamplingteam
mswillknockkondoorsofh
homesneartheAnimasRiver,thatarenotservedbyyapublic
w
watersystem,,toofferresid
dentsfreewe
elltestingservvicethatincu
udeslaboratorryanalysis.Iffnooneansw
wersthe
d
door,aflierwillbeleftonth
hedooradvisingresidentsoftheopporttunityforfreeetesting,alonggwithcontacct
information.SSamplescollectedfromthe
esehomeswillbereturnedtotheCountyFairgroundtestingstation
nforfield
aanalysis,andm
mayalsobesu
ubjecttorigorrouslaboratorytestingforalargersuiteofparameterrs.Fieldsamp
pling
tteamswilldetterminewellheadcoordinattesusingaGP
PStranspondeer.
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Allsamplesfo
orlaboratorya
analysismusttbecollectedbyNMEDorEPAstaff.No
owalkinwateersamplesdeeliveredto
ttheFairground
dtestingstationwillbesub
bmittedforlab
boratoryanalyysis.Walkinw
watersampleeswillbeeligib
blefor
ffieldinfieldinstrumenttesttingasdescrib
bedabove.
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August2425,,2015
TTheNewMexicoEnvironme
entandHealtthDepartmentswillteamtooconductanadditionalfreeewatertestin
ngWater
FFairEventonM
MondayAugu
ust24(12:005:00pm)andTuesdayAuggust25(9:00aam5:00pm)aatSycamoreP
Parkin
FFarmington.
TThefollowingparametersw
willbeanalyze
edattheWate
erFairEvent:
Iron,nitrateandfluorideusingaaHACHcolorimeter
pHussingcolormettricandelectrometricinstru
uments
speciificconductan
nceandtempe
eratureusingYSIorotherm
meters.
Visitwww.N
NMEDRiverWaaterSafety.orggforcontinuin
ngupdatesonntheGoldKin
ngMineSpillin
ntotheAnimaasRiver.