Contaminant Hydrogeology of Toxic Organic Chemicals at a Disposal Site, Gloucester, Ontario

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Hydrogeochemical research from 1986-89 has shown that a large plume of organic chemicals has continued to migrate through an outwash aquifer following disposal at the special waste compound (SWC) at the Gloucester landfill, near Ottawa, Ontario. This report reviews and updates the hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical data for 1989; assesses the remedial options for the restoration of the outwash aquifer beneath the SWC; describes the origin and evolution of groundwater contamination at hazardous waste sites; the identity of the contaminants of concern at other sites in eastern Canada; the health risks associated with the consumption of such contaminants in ground waters; and the need for a reliable, remedial investigation of the hydrogeology of a site.

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