A r-nf*. United States	OLEM/OSRTI

Environmental Protection	Washington, DC 20460

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National Priorities List (NPL)

***NPL Site***

September 2022

GEORGETOWN NORTH GROUNDWATER

Georgetown, Delaware



Sussex County

(?) Site Location:



The Georgetown North Groundwater site is a groundwater plume encompassing approximately 1 square-mile underlying
commercial and residential areas within the town of Georgetown in southern Delaware.

Site History:	

The site consists of a groundwater plume with two known former dry-cleaning sources - Georgetown Dry Cleaners and Thoro-
Kleen Dry Cleaners. Plumes from these two facilities appear to have co-mingled and contributed to the contamination of municipal
groundwater wells in Georgetown. The state of Delaware began their investigation into potential sources when the water authority
reported contaminants in the untreated water in 1985. There may also be other potential contributors to this plume which have not
yet been fully investigated.

I Site Contamination/Contaminants:

Groundwater is contaminated with the solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and its breakdown products. PCE is commonly used in
commercial and industrial operations such as dry cleaning.

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