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| Agricultural | Animal burial areas | Irrigation sites |
| Animal feedlots | Manure spreading areas/pits | |
| Fertilizer storage/use | Pesticide storage/use | |
| Commercial | Airports | Jewelry/metal plating |
| Auto repair shops | Laundromats | |
| Boatyards | Medical institutions | |
| Construction areas | Paint shops | |
| Car washes | Photography establishments | |
| Cemeteries | Railroad tracks and yards | |
| Dry cleaners | Research laboratories | |
| Gas stations | Scrap and junkyards | |
| Golf courses | Storage tanks | |
| Industrial | Asphalt plants | Petroleum production/storage |
| Chemical manufacture/storage | Pipelines | |
| Electronics manufacture | Septage lagoons and sludge | |
| Electroplaters | Storage tanks | |
| Foundries/metal fabricators | Toxic and hazardous spills | |
| Machine/metal working shops | Wells (operating/abandoned) | |
| Mining and mine drainage | Wood preserving facilities | |
| Residential | Fuel oil | Septic systems, cesspools |
| Furniture stripping/refinishing | Sewer lines | |
| Household hazardous products | Swimming pools (chemicals) | |
| Household lawn chemicals | ||
| Other | Hazardous waste landfills | Recycling/reduction facilities |
| Highway spills | Road deicing operations | |
| Municipal incinerators | Road maintenance depots | |
| Municipal landfills | Storm water drains/basins | |
| Municipal sewer lines | Transfer stations | |
| Open burning sites | Well/borehole drilling | |
| NOTE:
This list is not exhaustive. Common sources of ground-water contamination include but are
not limited to the above sources. (Adapted from US EPA, 1991) |
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