Probability of Exceeding the Arsenic Drinking Water Standard

in Private Drinking Water Wells in Massachusetts

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This map is intended to complement the USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5013, Percent Probability of Exceeding TAUNTON
MIDDLEBOROUGH

Arsenic and Uranium in Water from Private Wells Completed in Bedrock of East-Central the Public Drinking Water Standard
of 10 Micrograms per liter (10 PPB)
CARVER
Massachusetts: Concentrations, Correlations with Bedrock Units, and Estimated Probability
EASTHAM
PLYMOUTH

SEEKONK
REHOBOTH

Maps. That report presents the results of a statistical study of bedrock water quality based
DIGHTON BERKLEY

< 1.0%
LAKEVILLE

primarily on 478 samples from private wells. This is a relatively small number of samples
for such a large and diverse study area. The confidence intervals around probabilities used
ORLEANS

1.0% to 4.0% WAREHAM

here are broad. Users are urged to carefully read the original report. FREETOWN ROCHESTER
SWANSEA BREWSTER

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5.0% to 10.0%

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The geologic map underlying this work is at a scale of 1:250,000 or about 4 miles per inch.
MARION SANDWICH
10.0% to 25.0%
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BOURNE

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HARWICH CHATHAM
Although presented on a two dimensional map, bedrock geology is a three dimensional

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BARNSTABLE YARMOUTH

phenomenon. Contact zones almost never go straight down. Because this town map is at a MA Political Boundaries
NEW
MATTAPOISETT
BEDFORD

much larger scale than the original, the necessity of presenting 3D geology in only two FAIRHAVEN

Town Boundary MASHPEE

dimensions, and the wide confidence intervals in the statistical analysis, users should WESTPORT
interpret this map as a general indicator of expected water quality. The only way to be sure
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Coastal Town Boundary
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of the quality of water in any given well is to have that water tested.
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This map is for illustrative purposes only. It represents the best statewide data available TISBURY
at the date of printing. There are other important natural resources that are not shown OAK
BLUFFS

on this map because either the digital spatial data do not exist or they were not relevant
to this particular map.
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EDGARTOWN

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Environmental Protection

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Richard K. Sullivan Jr.
Secretary of Energy and
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