GILSON RD
The 28-acre Sylvester hazardous waste dump site is located in a rural, residential area of Nashua, New Hampshire. The site was operated as a sand borrow pit for an undetermined number of years. During the late 1960s, after much of the sand had been removed from the property, the owner began an illegal waste disposal operation within a six-acre portion of the site apparently intending to fill the excavation. Household refuse, demolition materials, chemical sludges, and hazardous liquid chemicals were dumped at the site. The household refuse and demolition materials usually were buried, while the hazardous liquids were allowed to percolate into the ground adjacent to the old sand pit or were stored in steel drums that were placed on the ground. Approximately 1,000 people live in an adjoining mobile home park. The site is adjacent to Lyle Reed Brook, which flows through the trailer park and enters the Nashua River, a source of drinking water. The Merrimack River is 11 miles downstream and is also a source of drinking water.
3,240 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$93,635 |
Average Income |
1,387 |
Occupied homes |
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