Nitrate in the Groundwater on the Old Mission Peninsula: Where is it coming from?

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Nitrate in Groundwater on the Old Mission Peninsula- Where is it coming from- Summary Report EDITED.pdf (17.34 MB)
Issue Date
2013-03-28
Authors
Northwest Michigan Regional Planning and Devlopment Commission
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
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.
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Partial OCR done. 11 pages total.
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http://hdl.handle.net/11045/24020
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