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Untied States
Environmental Protection
Agency

National Priorities List (NPL

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GARDEN CITY GROUND WATER

PLUME

(?) Site Location:

Garden City, Indiana

Bartholomew County

OSWER/OSRTI
Washington, DC 20460

December 2013

The Garden City Ground Water Plume is located in the unincorporated town of Garden City in Bartholomew County,
Indiana, approximately one mile south of the city of Columbus. Garden City is in the flood plain of the east fork of the
White River. The Garden City Ground Water Plume has affected residential and commercial drinking water wells and
covers approximately 3.4 acres.

Site History:

Since 1990, drinking water wells in Garden City have had intermittent trichloroethene (TCE) contamination, which
has sometimes exceeded drinking water standards. Despite several investigations in the area, the origin of the TCE is
unknown.

I Site Contamination/Contaminants:

The ground water plume consists of TCE.

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