What contaminants does BWL sample for and how frequently?
BWL is required to sample onsite wells for 28 different constituents that are known to be associated with coal ash and are prescribed in the EPA’s CCR Rule and Michigan Part 115 regulations. We also test for general water quality parameters (bicarbonate, carbonate, magnesium, potassium, sodium) and field parameters (turbidity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and oxidation-reduction potential).
CCR Constituents Sampled
- Antimony
- Arsenic
- Barium
- Beryllium
- Boron
- Cadmium
- Calcium
- Chloride
- Chromium
- Cobalt
- Copper
- Fluoride
- Iron
- Lead
- Lithium
- Mercury
- Molybdenum
- Nickel
- pH
- Radium 226 and 228 combined
- Selenium
- Silver
- Sulfate
- Thallium
- Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
- Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
- Vanadium
- Zinc