Appendix 2

New Pollutants Detected Between 1990 and 1997

Acetone
Bicarbonate
Ammonia
Arsenic
Barium
Calcium
Chloride
Iron
Lead
Magnesium
Nickel
Manganese
Nitrate/Nitrite
Potassium
Sodium
TDS
Sulfate
Vanadium
Zinc

Classification of Important Mineral Constituents Found
Naturally In Groundwater

(British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Land, and Parks)

Major Constituents

(1.0 to 100 mg/L)

Secondary Constituents

(.01 to 10.0 mg/L)

Minor Constituents

(.0001 to .1 mg/L)

Trace Constituents

(Less than .001 mg/L)

Sodium Iron       Antimony Beryllium
Calcium Strontium Aluminum Bismuth
Magnesium Potassium Arsenic Cerium
Bicarbonate Carbonate Barium Cesium
Sulfate Nitrate Bromide Gallium
Chloride Fluoride Cadmium Gold
Silica Boron Chromium Indium
    Cobalt Lanthanum
    Copper Niobium
    Germanium Platinum
    Iodide Radium
    Lead Ruthenium
    Lithium Scandium
    Manganese Silver
    Molybdenum Thallium
    Nickel Thorium
    Phosphate Tin
    Rubidium Tungsten
    Selenium Ytterbium
    Titanium Yttrican
    Uranium Zirconium
    Vanadium  
    Zinc  

 

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