The Coleman-Evans Wood Preserving Co. Site covers 11 acres in Whitehouse, Florida, about 8 miles west of Jacksonville. It discharged its waste waters into unlined pits, which were later covered. Sludge settles out, and the liquid is recycled back to the plant. Sludge is removed every 90 days to an approved disposal site.
Residents depend on private wells for their drinking water.
A public water supply is not available. In 1980, EPA installed wells to monitor ground water on the site. The State signed a Consent Order in December 1982 with the company for a remedial investigation at the site. The investigation will include a hydrogeological assessment and a determination of the extent of off-site contamination. First round of data is due in July 1983.