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  • Rhodes Landfill

Description

  • Environmental problems at the landfill include steep slopes with erosion problems and inadequate cover. Leachate seeps have been observed on the south and west slopes of the property. (Leachate is a liquid that results from water traveling through decomposing waste in a landfill and usually contains a variety of contaminants.) Some portions of the riverbank at the southern slope of the landfill are undergoing erosion. Recent sampling found low concentrations of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in one of three sediment sample taken from the east side of Lake Tokorozawa. PAHs occur naturally in coal, crude oil and gasoline and products made from these. They are released during the burning of fossil fuels, garbage or other organic substances. An ecological risk assessment indicates that the landfill might pose a threat to local ecological resourses.

Originally Deposited as: 21975

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Language(s): EN-English

Volume or Year: 2001
Number or Issue: December

Date Created: 05 24 2012
Date Last Modified: 05 24 2012

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1. Fact Sheet #2 (rhod2.pdf).
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