Dive Summary:
- Washington plans to enter a legal agreement with 32 parties who will clean up surrounding soil and groundwater affected by the landfill.
- Pasco Landfill covers nearly 250 acres and was used from 1958 to 2001 to dump industrial waste including herbicide, paint, wood preservative, plywood resin and sludge from a chlor-alkali process.
- Groundwater nearly two miles out has been compromised by the landfill however the municipal water supply is still unaffected.
From the article:
The state of Washington is planning to enter into a new legal agreement with 32 parties liable for cleanup of soil and groundwater contaminated from past operations of the Pasco Landfill.
The 32 parties include industries and governments that produced the waste, companies that trucked the waste to the landfill and people who have owned or operated the landfill, according to the Washington State Department of Ecology...
