Hazardous chemicals have been detected in groundwater beyond the defunct Pasco Sanitary Landfill boundary after a process to extract chemicals from the soil failed to capture all the contamination ...

Hazardous chemicals have been detected in groundwater beyond the defunct Pasco Sanitary Landfill boundary after a process to extract chemicals from the soil failed to capture all the contamination ...

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A closed landfill just outside Pasco, Washington, is leaking harmful chemicals into the groundwater. However, regulators say the leak seems to be slowing down, and it won’t harm drinking water.

In fact, sanitary landfills are meticulously engineered and managed facilities, featuring a plastic liner to separate waste from soil and equipped with leachate collection and treatment systems.

Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill’s request to discharge treated waste into the Monongahela River was met with opposition during a hearing Thursday at Rostraver Central Fire Department social hall.