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NPL Site Narrative for Verona Well Field
VERONA WELL FIELD
Battle Creek, Michigan
Federal Register Notice: September 8, 1983Conditions at listing (July 1982): The Verona Well Field covers 160 acres in Battle Creek, Michigan. It supplies all water for the city's 35,000 residents, as well as several major food-producing industries in the area. Of the 31 wells in the well field, 20 are contaminated with trichloroethylene and other volatile hydrocarbons. These compounds are being introduced into the distribution system at low levels. Private wells near the well field are also contaminated.
Status (July 1983): EPA recently completed a Remedial Action Master Plan outlining the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site. It will guide further actions at the site. In July 1983, EPA began providing bottled water to about 100 nearby residences and businesses with private wells. This activity will cost about $20,000 until September 1983, when a State-funded program to extend a water main is completed.
For more information about the hazardous substances identified in this narrative summary, including general information regarding the effects of exposure to these substances on human health, please see the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQs. ATSDR ToxFAQs can be found on the Internet at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html or by telephone at 1-888-42-ATSDR or 1-888-422-8737.