Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in contaminated groundwater, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2014-2015

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The U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Cape Cod Research site has been the subject of intensive hydrological and geochemical investigations. The site has multiple sources of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), including perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), for which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued health advisories because of potential adverse human health effects. During 2014 and 2015, groundwater contamination by PFASs from a fire-training area and a wastewater treatment facility effluent infiltration beds, located on Joint Base Cape Cod, was assessed by collecting groundwater samples and sediment cores (Figures 1 and 2). The water and sediment samples were analyzed for a suite of PFASs using high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. First posted March 16, 2017 Revised March 24, 2017, ver. 1.1

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Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.580e746be4b0f497e794b882.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/F7Z899KT

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  • wastewater-infiltration-beds
  • groundwater
  • perfluorooctanoate-pfoa
  • usgs-580e746be4b0f497e794b882
  • fire-training-area
  • cape-cod
  • perfluorooctane-sulfonate-pfos
  • joint-base-cape-cod
  • north-america
  • usgs-cape-cod-research-site
  • massachusetts

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