Browsing by Author "Goodrow, Sandra M."

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Identification of Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids (PFCAs) in the Metedeconk River Watershed: Research Project Summary
(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2016-02) Karl, Robert; Maggio, Joseph; Rouse, John; Louis, Judy; Lippincott, Lee; Atherholt, Tom; Procopio, Nicholas A.; Goodrow, Sandra M.
In a 2009 statewide study of perfluoroalkyl compound (PFC) occurrence in public water supplies conducted by NJDEP, the concentration of the PFC compound perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was higher in a drinking water intake along the South Branch Metedeconk River in Ocean County than in the other raw surface water sources tested. The Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority (BTMUA), which relies on the Metedeconk River as its primary source of water supply, subsequently initiated a PFC source track down study in collaboration with the NJDEP Division of Science, Research, and Environmental Health. The data collected from a series of sampling events show that low levels of various PFCs are present in the study area and likely originate from a number of sources. However, BTMUA documented a localized area of high-level PFC contamination along the South Branch Metedeconk River in Lakewood Township. A groundwater contamination plume emanating from an industrial park on the south side of the river is suspected to be the principle source of PFCs observed in the Metedeconk River and the BTMUA intake samples. Groundwater PFOA levels were found to be as high as 70,000 ng/L in this area. While various PFCs were detected in water samples throughout the study area, and particularly in groundwater samples, PFOA is the primary contaminant of concern with respect to South Branch Metedeconk River water quality and the BTMUA water supply.
Identification of Perfluoroalkyl Compounds (PFCs) in the Metedeconk River Watershed
(Trenton, N.J. : Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Science, 2015-04) Karl, Robert; Maggio, Joseph; Rouse, John; Louis, Judy; Lippincott, R. Lee; Atherholt, Thomas B.; Procopio, Nicholas A.; Goodrow, Sandra M.
Investigation of Levels of Perfluorinated Compounds in New Jersey Fish, Surface Water, and Sediment: Research Project Summary
(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science and Research, 2019-09) Goodrow, Sandra M.; Ruppel, Bruce; Lippincott, R. Lee; Post, Gloria B.
The Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health (DSREH) performed an initial targeted assessment of 13 PFAS, all of which are perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), at 11 waterways across the state. Fourteen surface water and sediment samples and 94 fish tissue samples were collected at sites along these waterways. All surface water samples contained detectable levels of at least four PFAS. The lowest total PFAS in surface water was in the Cohansey River, with Horicon Lake and Echo Lake having the second and third lowest total PFAS, respectively. The highest total level of PFAS was found in Little Pine Lake, near the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, with Mirror Lake and Pine Lake ranking the second and third highest, respectively. Consistent with the known characteristics of preferential partitioning of longer chain PFCs to sediment and shorter chain PFCs to the water column, the PFAS detected in surface water were those with a carbon chain length of nine carbons or less. Ten of the 14 sites where sediment samples were collected had detectable levels of at least one, and up to eight, PFAS. Pine Lake had the highest total PFAS concentration (30.93 ng/g) in the sediment, with the majority being perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), the eight-carbon chain sulfonate. Echo Lake (West Milford in Passaic County), often used as a New Jersey “background” site, had no detectable levels of PFAS in the sediment, but had fish tissue concentrations that required a low-level consumption advisory. In all but one species at one site (channel catfish in the Cohansey River), the average levels of PFOS in fish tissue generated some level of fish consumption advisory, based on the draft preliminary fish consumption triggers included in this report. Additionally, PFUnA, which has a higher bioaccumulative potential than PFOS, was detected in all but one species at one site (common carp at Forge Pond), with a range of 0.75 ng/g in white catfish at the Raritan River to 27.20 ng/g in largemouth bass at Woodbury Creek).
A Reconnaissance of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Wastewater and Sludge from Three Publicly Owned Treatment Works in New Jersey
(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2018-04-24) Louis, Judy; Lippincott, R. Lee; Goodrow, Sandra M.; Procopio, Nicholas
The character of wastewater, landfill leachate, and sludge taken from three New Jersey regions (Areas) has been assessed for multiple contaminants of emerging concern to determine the likelihood of occurrence in various types of developed areas. Regions were determined based on land use and the projected character of wastewater. The distinct areas of land use that were the aim of this study consisted of residential, commercial, industrial (including two areas with pharmaceutical processing), and hospital/retirement areas. Areas contained various subsewersheds represented by a sampling station that was characterized by the land use type. For example, Area X contained residential sewersheds, industrial sewersheds, and commercial sewersheds. The three Areas contained a total of twenty-six (26) sampling sites, with seventeen (17) of those sites representing various characteristics of the sewershed and the other samples taken of the influent, effluent, and sludge taken from each of the Area’s publicly owned treatment works (POTW). Landfill leachate from one location in each of the three Areas was also analyzed for a suite of compounds.