shaw avenue dump

SHAW AVE

The Shaw Avenue Dump site, an 8-acre city dump, is located in southeastern Charles City, approximately 500 feet east of the Cedar River. The City owns the site and operated it as a municipal waste dump without a permit. Two areas in the northern half of the site were used from 1949 to 1953 to dispose of 14,000 to 28,000 cubic feet of arsenic-contaminated solid waste generated by Salsbury Laboratories in the production of animal pharmaceuticals. Sludge from the Charles City wastewater treatment plant, which received liquid wastes discharged from Salsbury, was placed in the northern waste cells and in an undefined area on the southern portion of the site. The northern disposal area is no longer in use and has been covered with soil and vegetated. Between the southern and northern areas, trenches were used for disposing of lime sludges from the drinking water treatment plant. The City and the public used this area for open burning of wastes. The site is located within a large residential area. A high school is located approximately 1,000 feet north of the site. Students use a stadium located within 500 feet of the northern waste disposal cells. One residence, 1,500 feet southeast of the site, uses a private well for domestic purposes. The Charles City municipal water supply system, two miles uphill of the site, serves 8,800 people. The Cedar River flows through Charles City and is used for recreational fishing, swimming, and canoeing.

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