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Topographical Map for Site 19 Municipal Water Tower.. Map courtesy of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
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For the purposes of this study, this tower is referred to as Site 19 (Figure 1).
Locations of Municipal Water Towers in Newport and Washington Counties.. State of Rhode Island (inset).
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As a result, soil samples were pooled from 31 residential properties adjacent to six municipal water towers located in rural Newport and Washington Counties (Figure 2).