Posts Tagged ‘USGS’
NJ Earthquake Felt by Some on Delmarva
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake was measured by the US Geological Survey at 10:23 this morning – north of Whitehouse Station, NJ – in Central Jersey. The USGS website is showing people as far south as the Maryland/Virginia line felt the tremor. New Jersey patch.com is reporting that the shaking began about 10:30am and lasted for…
Read MorePFAS Found In Untreated Well Water Across Del., Says USGS
Contaminants known as PFAS have been found to be widely distributed in untreated well water in Delaware, with the highest number of types of chemicals in Sussex and New Castle Counties. The wells receive their groundwater from the Columbia aquifer, and samples found to contain the chemicals generally had low concentrations. Research is still going…
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