| Abstract |
On January 16, 1984 the Region 10(Seattle) Office of the Environmental Protection Agency received a petition from the Newberg Organization, Inc., a citizens group requesting the EPA Administrator designate the Newberg Road Area-Lake Bosworth Area as a sole source of drinking water for the area. The Newberg Road Area is located in west central Snohomish County east of the cities of Everett and Marysville and immediately south of the Town of Granite Falls, all within the state of Washington. The approximately 37 square mile area has a population of approximately 2700 persons. Total drinking water provided by the aquifer was approximately 4.3 million cubic feet in 1986. This is the 84% of the total drinking water used in the proposed sole source aquifer area. The area is characterized by a thick accumulation of heterogeneous, unconsolidated glacial sediments overlying assorted bedrock units of varied origins. Wells in the Newberg Area and vicinity tap all of the types of unconsolidated (glacial) materials and, at some localities, two types of bedrock. |
