fresno municipal sanitary landfill

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The 145-acre Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill site was owned and operated by the City of Fresno (City) from 1935 until it was closed in 1989. While conducting tests in 1983, the California Department of Health Services found that methane gas and vinyl chloride had migrated from the landfill to the surrounding areas. These tests also concluded that contaminated groundwater had migrated off-site to several private residential wells located nearby. The City installed monitoring wells around the landfill perimeter in 1984. Subsequent tests indicated that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were present in groundwater samples collected from wells at the edge of the landfill. Nine municipal wells are located within three miles of the site. Water from these wells empty into a blended system that serves the City of Fresno. The general distribution area of the system serves approximately 300,000 people. Several irrigation and private residential wells are located within a few thousand feet of the site.

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• Oeser Co. (Bellingham, WA)
• Intel Corp. (mountain View Plant) (Mountain View, CA)
• Hanford 300-area (usdoe) (Benton County, WA)
• Iron King Mine - Humboldt Smelter (Dewey-humboldt, AZ)

• Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (mountain View Plant) (Mountain View, CA)
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• Mccoll (Fullerton, CA)
• Hanford 200-area (usdoe) (Benton County, WA)