Sandy Beach Ground Water Plume

Pelican Bay, Texas	

Site Description

The Sandy Beach Road Ground Water Plume site (also known as the "Pelican Bay" site) is located
near the town of Pelican Bay, Texas. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List in 2005. The
site consists of a trichloroethylene (TCE)-contaminated groundwater plume roughly one-mile long
and a half-mile wide. The plume passes beneath residential areas where many people rely upon
groundwater for their drinking water, and several wells have become toxic. The source of the
contamination is believed to be a local abandoned dump site.

Current Site Status and Cleanup Actions to Date

•	EPA has completed residential water line connections to the City of Azle water supply system
for those Azle residences with contaminated private water supply wells.

•	In 2011, EPA issued a cleanup plan for the site, which calls for a groundwater pump and treat
system to contain the TCE plume and achieve aquifer restoration; a soil vapor extraction
system to remove TCE vapors in the source area above the water table; and replacement
water supply wells for the residents with filtration systems installed on contaminated water
wells.

•	EPA has determined that all unacceptable human exposure pathways have been eliminated,
and therefore, under current conditions, human exposure is under control site wide.

Unfunded Action

Fiscal Year 2012 work that was not funded included construction of three deep-water supply wells.

Current Funding Status

To date, EPA has spent approximately $113,000 on response construction work at the site.

For more information on this site, please read the Sandy Beach Ground Water Plume site
information on the Region 6 Superfund web site.

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