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Table 1 Estimated Monthly Average Contaminant Concentrations in the Hadnot Point system, 1973 – 1985

From: Mortality study of civilian employees exposed to contaminated drinking water at USMC Base Camp Lejeune: a retrospective cohort study

April 1973* –January 1985**

Contaminant

Mean (μg/L)

Median (μg/L)

Range (μg/L)

# Months > MCL

# Months >100 μg/L

Tetrachloroethylene

14.9

14.5

0 – 38.7

114

0

Trichloroethylene

355.5

356.6

30.9 – 783.3

142

127

Vinyl Chloride

23.3

20.3

1.0 – 67.3

140

0

Benzene

5.2

4.1

0 – 12.2

63

0

April 1973* – December 1979

Tetrachloroethylene

9.7

9.6

0 – 24.1

56

0

Trichloroethylene

280.4

274.1

30.9 – 546.3

81

69

Vinyl Chloride

14.7

14.3

1.0 – 33.4

79

0

Benzene

3.3

3.2

0 – 5.8

4

0

January 1980 – January 1985*

Tetrachloroethylene

21.8

21.8

2.2 – 38.7

58

0

Trichloroethylene

455.2

449.1

42.6 – 783.3

61

58

Vinyl Chloride

34.7

36.0

4.2 – 67.3

61

0

Benzene

7.7

7.6

1.6 – 12.2

59

0

  1. * First quarter of continuous DMDC quarterly personnel data on DOD employees.
  2. **Contaminated wells were shut down in February 1985. From March through December 1985, estimated monthly average levels of trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene and vinyl chloride were <1 μg/L, and benzene was <4 μg/L.