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Title: Quarterly Groundwater Report for the Solid Waste Landfill July - September 2006

Abstract

This report provides information on groundwater monitoring at the Solid Waste Landfill during the quarterly time period July to September 2006. Conditions remain very similar to those reported in the previous quarterly report. Six background threshold values, one WAC 173-200 Groundwater Quality Criterion, and one WAC 246-290-310 Maximum Contaminant Level were exceeded. The results that exceed applicable limits are consistent with the type of waste disposed to the landfill including sewage and chlorinated hydrocarbons from either the sewage or the 1100 Area heavy equipment garage and bus shop.

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Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
900201
Report Number(s):
PNNL-16432
830403000; TRN: US200709%%464
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; GROUND WATER; MONITORING; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; SANITARY LANDFILLS; SEWAGE; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL

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Lindberg, Jon W. Quarterly Groundwater Report for the Solid Waste Landfill July - September 2006. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.2172/900201.
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abstractNote = {This report provides information on groundwater monitoring at the Solid Waste Landfill during the quarterly time period July to September 2006. Conditions remain very similar to those reported in the previous quarterly report. Six background threshold values, one WAC 173-200 Groundwater Quality Criterion, and one WAC 246-290-310 Maximum Contaminant Level were exceeded. The results that exceed applicable limits are consistent with the type of waste disposed to the landfill including sewage and chlorinated hydrocarbons from either the sewage or the 1100 Area heavy equipment garage and bus shop.},
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year = {Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2007},
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