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TABLE 1. COMMON SOURCES OF GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION *
Category	Contaminant Source
Agricultural	Animal burial areas Animal feedlots Fertilizer storage/use	Irrigation sites Manure spreading areas/pits Pesticide storage/use
Commercial	Airports Auto repair shops Boatyards Construction areas Car washes Cemeteries Dry cleaners Gas stations Golf courses	Jewelry/metal plating Laundromats Medical institutions Paint shops Photography establishments Railroad tracks and yards Research laboratories Scrap and junkyards Storage tanks
Industrial	Asphalt plants Chemical manufacture/ storage Electronics manufacture Electroplaters Foundries/ metal fabricators Machine/ metalworking shops Mining and mine drainage	Petroleum production/ storage Pipelines Septage lagoons and sludge Storage tanks Toxic and hazardous spills Wells (operating/ abandoned) Wood preserving facilities
Residential	Fuel oil Furniture stripping/ refinishing Household hazardous products Household lawns	Septic systems, cesspools Sewer lines Swimming pools (chemicals)
Other	Hazardous waste landfills Municipal incinerators Municipal landfills Municipal sewer lines Open burning sites	Recycling/ reduction facilities Road deicing operations Road maintenance depots Storm water drains/ basins Transfer stations

Note: This table is a part of the U.S. EPA document (Protecting Local Ground-Water Supplies Through Wellhead Protection -- EPA 570/9-91-007) from which it is linked. The links within the table go to a separate page that describes the specific hazards associated with the items. This separate page is not a part of the EPA document and was taken from various other sources, including the EPA report "A Guide to Wellhead Protection" (Report Number 457/458).

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