Nitrate in the Groundwater on the Old Mission Peninsula: Where is it coming from?
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Authors
Northwest Michigan Regional Planning and Devlopment Commission
Issue Date
2013-03-28
Type
Technical Report
Language
en_US
Subject
Commissions Water Quality , Michigan State University , University Nebraska , February 1983 , Northwest Michigan Regional Planning and Development Commission , Nitrate , Groundwater , Old Mission Peninsula , Traverse Bay Watershed Center , Citizens Clean Water Policy
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Abstract
In 1980 the Northwest Michigan Regional Planning and Development Commission surveyed a large number of wells on the Old Mission Peninsula and found that approximately 11% of the 1,212 wells
sampled exceeded the Federal drinking water standard for nitrate concentration. Nitrate concentrations of greater than 10 ppm N in drinking water are of public health concern since they may result in methemoglobinema (blue baby disease), particularly for infants under six months of age.
Description
Partial OCR done. 11 pages total.