At the town of Hurley landfill, PFAS were detected in on-site groundwater monitoring wells, a leachate collection tank, surface water and sediment samples, and in large enough quantities that as a ...

Other critical issues include groundwater contamination from leachate seepage and air pollution due to unmanaged waste decomposition. The key interventions under the project include an integrated ...

Every day, rainwater and snowmelt seep through landfill waste creating a toxic sludge called leachate. Landfills across the U.S. generate and capture 16 billion gallons of leachate every year and most ...

A synthesis of groundwater ages in aquifers in the United States indicates that groundwater residence times that are greater than 11,000 years are common 11. Overexploitation of such slowly ...

Bengaluru: BBMP has managed to convince Kannuru and Mitaganahalli residents to ease their blockade against trucks ferrying garbage from Bengaluru.

The Keystone Sanitary Landfill agreed to a $15,000-plus settlement with the state Department of Environmental Protection after it regularly stored too much leachate in its lagoons in 2023 and 2024.