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Site Background Information <br /> Eckert Cold Storage,Manteca,CA <br /> July 26,2004 <br /> Page 4 of 5 <br /> The average groundwater elevation was approximately 0.26 feet lower on June 5, 2003, than the previous <br /> sampling event conducted on March 28, 2003. The groundwater elevation contours estimated with the <br /> depth to water measurements indicated the groundwater gradient was generally towards the northwest. <br /> The groundwater gradient estimated using MW-4, MW-6, and MW-7 was 0.0024 ft./ft, towards the <br /> northwest, and was generally consistent with historical groundwater gradients estimated for the site. <br /> Condor conducted the third quarter 2003 groundwater monitoring event at the site on September 2 and 3, <br /> 2003. Groundwater samples were collected and submitted for laboratory analyses from monitor wells <br /> MW-4,MW-8, and domestic well DW-1. No separate phase petroleum was noted in the wells, but a slight <br /> petroleum odor was noted in groundwater recovered from MW-8. The groundwater samples collected <br /> from the monitor wells and the domestic well were analyzed for BTEX, TPH-G, and selected gasoline <br /> oxygenates/additives including MTBE. Laboratory analytical results for the September 2 and 3, 2003, <br /> monitoring event were generally consistent with historical laboratory analytical results. <br /> The average groundwater elevation was approximately 2.37 feet lower on September 2, 2003, than the <br /> previous sampling event conducted on June 5, 2003. Water level data from monitor well MW-7 was not <br /> included in the September 2, 2003 figures. Water level measurement of monitor well MW-7 was <br /> obstructed by a root mass in the casing. The root mass in monitor well MW-7 was removed on <br /> September 3, 2003 by using a small diameter auger. The groundwater elevation contours estimated with <br /> the depth to water measurements indicated the groundwater gradient was generally towards the northwest. <br /> The groundwater gradient estimated using MW-4, MW-5, and MW-6 was 0.0020 ft./ft. towards the <br /> northwest, and was generally consistent with historical groundwater gradients estimated for the site. <br /> Condor conducted annual groundwater monitoring on December 12, 2003 during the fourth quarter 2003 <br /> groundwater monitoring event at the site. Groundwater samples were collected and submitted for <br /> laboratory analyses from annually monitored wells MW-5 and MW-7; as well as from quarterly <br /> monitored wells MW-4, MW-8, and domestic well DW-1. No separate phase petroleum, sheen, or odor <br /> was noted in the field inspection samples collected from the wells. Monitoring well MW-5 was observed <br /> to have a damaged monument, and the well casing appeared to be broken just below the ground surface. <br /> Groundwater samples collected from the monitoring wells and the domestic well were analyzed for <br /> BTEX, TPH-G, and selected gasoline oxygenates/additives, including MTBE. Laboratory analytical <br /> results for the December 12, 2003, monitoring event were generally consistent with historic laboratory <br /> analytical results. <br /> The average groundwater elevation was approximately 0.10 feet lower on December 17, 2003 than the <br /> previous sampling event conducted on September 2, 2003. The groundwater elevation contours estimated <br /> with the depth to water measurements indicated the groundwater gradient was variable but overall <br /> towards the northwest. The groundwater gradient estimated with a three-point construction using wells <br /> MW-3, MW-4, and MW-6 was 0.002 ft./ft. towards the northwest, and was generally consistent with <br /> historic groundwater gradients estimated for the site. Condor recommended that monitoring well MW-5 <br /> be repaired and resurveyed, or destroyed. <br /> s <br />