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Sherwood Medical Public Health Assessment
April 19, 1989 (1.2 megabyte PDF file).

Sherwood Medical Public Health Assessment
January 27, 1991 (<1 megabyte PDF file).

FAQ

1.) Q: Why are private drinking water wells being sampled?
A: People living near the former Sherwood Medical site are concerned that groundwater contamination at the site is getting into their drinking water wells and might be affecting their health.

2.) Q: Who will be doing the sampling?
A: The Volusia County Health Department (Volusia CHD) will be conducting the sampling in coordination with the Florida Department of Health (Florida DOH).

3.) Q: Where is the sampling taking place?
A: In general, up to 60 private drinking water wells starting with the closest to the known edge of groundwater contamination from Sherwood will be sampled.

Private drinking water wells in Cypress Lake Estates along Kepler Road, San Antonio, Calle Carmen, Calle Naranja, and other roads in the subdivision will be tested.  

Next, private drinking water wells in Daytona Park Estates nearest the known groundwater contamination from Sherwood will be tested.  This includes the following areas:

• Both sides of 1st Street between Flamingo Road and Cypress Road
• Both sides of Gardenia Road west of  2nd Street
• Both sides of 1st Street between Hyacinth Road and Iris Road
• Both sides of Iris Road west of 1st Street

A limited number of wells elsewhere in Daytona Park Estates may be sampled as spot checks to ensure contamination is not occurring some distance from the site.

4.) Q: Why aren’t all wells in Daytona Park Estates getting sampled?
A: In order to efficiently use funding available for sampling, the Volusia County Health Department will start with wells nearest the Sherwood site. If wells are found to be contaminated the sampling will extend out until wells with no contamination are found.

5.) Q: What are the wells being sampled for?
A: Samples from the wells will be analyzed for chemicals associated with contaminated groundwater from the Sherwood site, including:

• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
• Chromium (total)

Samples will also be tested for these other contaminants frequently found in private drinking water wells:

• Nitrates/nitrites
• Iron
• Sulfates
• Manganese
• Total dissolved solids (TDS)
• Bacteria

6.) Q: When will well owners learn the results of sampling their well?
A:  It takes about four weeks for the laboratory analysis.  You will receive your well test results in the mail.

7.) Q: What if my well is sampled and the contamination is found in it?
A: The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has a program that deals with contaminated private wells.   If your well is contaminated with chemicals from Sherwood site, Florida DEP will contact you to discuss providing an alternative water source.

8.) Q: What is a FLUWID tag?
A: As part of our cooperation agreement with FDEP (Florida Department of Environmental Protection), we participate in their (Florida Unique Well IDentification) program.  The program’s goal is to simplify water well identification and exchange information between state agencies concerned with well construction data, well location and groundwater quality.  The program involves tagging wells with a unique alphanumeric code called the FLUWID Well ID (Example: ABC1234).  For information about the program, contact Groundwater Protection Section of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection at (850) 921-9428.