Open AccessM-Area Hazardous Waste Management Facility. Fourth Quarter 1994, Groundwater Monitoring Report
Author(s) -
Jennifer Chase
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/63693
Subject(s) - ditch , environmental science , hazardous waste , waste management , groundwater , environmental engineering , structural basin , wastewater , engineering , geology , ecology , paleontology , geotechnical engineering , biology
The unlined settling basin operated from 1958 until 1985, receiving waste water that contained volatile organic solvents used for metal degreasing and chemical constituents and depleted uranium from fuel fabrication process in M Area. The underground process sewer line transported M-Area process waste waters to the basin. Water periodically overflowed from the basin through the ditch to the seepage area adjacent to the ditch and to Lost Lake