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New Study Shows High Potential for Groundwater to be Corrosive in Half of U.S. States
July 14, 2016 : Reston, VA : BWW
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A
new
U.S.
Geological
Survey
assessment
of
more
than
20,000
wells
nationwide
shows
that
untreated
groundwater
in
25
states
has
a
high
prevalence
of
being
potentially
corrosive.
The
states
with
the
largest
percentage
of
wells
with
potentially
corrosive
groundwater
are
located
primarily
in
the
Northeast,
the
Southeast,
and
the
Northwest.
This
report
is
unrelated
to
the
drinking
water
problems
experienced
in
Flint,
Michigan.
The
problems
in
Flint
were
related
to
treated
surface-water
from
the
Flint
River,
whereas
the
water
analyzed
in
this
report
came
from
untreated
groundwater.
Two
indicators
of
potential
corrosivity
were
combined
to
determine
that
corrosive
groundwater
occurs
in
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