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Nearest well factor

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-018339

Factor for evaluating the maximally exposed well. This factor is based on the presence of actual contamination or, for aquifers where no target drinking water well is subject to actual contamination, presence of karst and distance to nearest drinking water well. This factor receives one of nine discrete values from 0 to 50.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-018339
FieldEnvironment
SubjectHealth and safety
ReferencesHazard Ranking System Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018339",
  "term": "Nearest well factor",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Nearest Well Factor",
  "definition": "Factor for evaluating the maximally exposed well. This factor is based on the presence of actual contamination or, for aquifers where no target drinking water well is subject to actual contamination, presence of karst and distance to nearest drinking water well. This factor receives one of nine discrete values from 0 to 50.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Hazard Ranking System Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/nearest-well-factor/"
}

Record 17,852 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.