EXERCISE 12.7 Environmental Issue 2:5 Name: Section: Course: Date: The Smiths bo

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EXERCISE 12.7 Environmental Issue 2:5 Name: Section: Course: Date: The Smiths bought a home in a suburban development where the water supply was a shallow groundwater aquite months ago, they noticed a strange smell when they took showers, and the drinking water has begun to taste foul. La week, while washing dishes, the Smiths thought they smelled gasoline in their kitchen. The local TV news channel ran an investigative report on leakage from storage tanks at gas stations, and the Smiths suspected that this might be the ce their problem. They hired a groundwater consulting company to solve the problem, and you have been put in charge project. The following map illustrates the Smiths' neighborhood, showing the location of their home and two local gas station the Smiths suspect to be the cause of their water problem. You have surveyed the neighborhood using state-olie Concentrations (in parts per billion) of semivolatile compounds in the area surrounding the Smith home (nd = not detected). 39. 23. 10. 30. 32 28. | 24° '37 26° 46. 45, 27. 32 4 8 nd 0 0 1 mile - U Goodmile Gas Co. L A Smith home GoFast Gas Co. (continues

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1: Yes both gas stations have leakage problem but the 'go fast gas' has high leakage compared to another one since area surround this station show more gas in water as compared to another one.

2: groundwater flow is in north-west direction because there is no leakage or low concentration of gas in the south eastern side of go fast gas station.

3: houses in southwestern side of map are in more danger

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