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<br /> <br />COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH <br />Water Quality Control Division <br />PBRBLO DI57RIC7 OPFICR <br />Inter-Office Communication <br />TO: Gary Soldano <br />FROM: David Knope ~~ <br />DATE: July 17, 1991 <br />SUBJECT: Inspection of Contaminated Wells; Town of Florissant; <br />Teller County <br />On July 11, 1991, Jim Stevens, of the Mined Land Reclamation <br />Division, and I inspected the above-referenced wells due to a <br />complaint. <br />Upon arrival, we were met by Fred Pearce (Florissant Water and <br />Sanitation District), Dave Laughrey (Manager of the Fossil Inn), <br />and Brian Trock (Teller County Health Department(. During this <br />meeting, Mr. Pearce supplied us copies of test results performed <br />by Industrial Labs for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons ITPHI on <br />water samples taken from the wells at the Fossil Inn, U.S. Post <br />Office, and the Mercantile Service Station. The test results <br />indicated that TPH was present in all three wells. Copies of the <br />results are attached to this memo. I informed Mr. Pearce that <br />the test used the infra-red method which is not an E.P.A. <br />approved method. I also mentioned that the samples were shipped <br />in plastic bottles, which could affect the results. <br />The Fossil Inn's well is located approximately 200 feet from Twin <br />Creek with a depth of 250 feet. The water is filtered through a <br />25-micron roughing filter and then a 5-micron carbon filter. The <br />water is also chlorinated. The finished water had no detectable <br />odor. I recommended to Mr. Laughrey that he serve bottled water <br />to the customers of the restaurant. <br />The owner of the well at the U.S. Post Office was not present so <br />this well was not inspected. <br />