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BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) -- Bountiful city officials are funding a groundwater study after tests of water from a well near a community landfill found increased levels of arsenic.
The council will spend nearly $13,000 to have a Salt Lake City company determine the source of the poisonous metalloid.
If the arsenic is linked to the landfill, the city could be responsible for remedial action.
City engineer Todd Christensen says a well east of the landfill has long shown the presence of arsenic. He says the rise in arsenic may be naturally occurring because water samples do not show high levels of any other heavy metals.
Groundwater standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency changed three years ago. Christensen says the current arsenic test results would have met the old standards of parts per million.
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Information from: Standard-Examiner
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