Denzer & Schafer X-Ray Company

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000009229
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 0.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Denzer & Schafer X-Ray Company
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Protection Agency, B. E. (n.d.). Denzer & Schafer X-Ray Company. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: Site Description The 5-acre Denzer & Schafer X-Ray Company site was involved in the reclamation of silver from both microfilm and X-ray negatives. Contamination occurred due to such practices as the discharge of the stripping solutions to the sanitary septic system. Microfilm processing waste from a nearby facility also has been disposed of in the site's septic tanks. This means of disposal was used from 1974 through 1981. Other identified sources of contamination included the stockpiling of shredded and stripped film and, prior to 1974, the incineration of the film waste. The sanitary septic tank currently is filled with sand. The underlying Cohansey Aquifer is contaminated with immobile lead adjacent to the abandoned septic system. The aquifer supplies drinking water to residential and public water supply wells serving approximately 25,500 area residents. The site is near the coastline and close to Potters Creek and Barnegat Bay.