DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
ARIZONA
PHOENIX Cave Creek Dump on Salt River Del Rio Landfill on Salt River
TUCSON Broadway North Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater Cactus Landfill on Rillito River Columbus Landfill on Rillito River Cottonwood Landfill on Santa Cruz River Harrison Road Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater Los Reales Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater Rio Nuevo Landfill on Santa Cruz River Silverbell Jail Annex Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Santa Cruz River Tumamoc Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater Walnut Landfill on Rillito River
CALIFORNIA
ALAMEDA COUNTY
Verdese Park - plutonium sludge in Arroyo Seco Creek
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
ANTIOCH Municipal and private dumps on Markley Creek GBF Inc. Dump - cadmium, nickel, cyanide, volatile organic compounds in groundwater
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
ALHAMBRA City of Pasadena Landfill on Alhambra Wash
CARSON Gardena Valley Dump on Dominguez Channel Koerner Dump on Dominguez Channel Broadway-Main Company Dump on Dominguez Channel BKK Dump on Dominguez Channel Shell Chemical Dump on Dominguez Channel Southwest Steel Mills #1 Dump on Dominguez Channel Southwest Steel Mills #2 Dump on Dominguez Channel U. S. Navy Dump on Dominguez Channel Gardena Valley Dump #6 on Dominguez Channel Hardwick Disposal Pit #44 on Dominguez Channel Alameda Street Dump on Dominguez Channel
DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
CASTAIC Chiquita Canyon Landfill on Santa Clara River (still open) Wayside Honor Rancho Landfill on Castaic Creek
CERRITOS Fred Therist Dump on Coyote Creek Los Angeles County Road Dept. Dump on San Gabriel River
CITY OF INDUSTRY Puente Hills Landfill on San Jose Creek 5th Avenue Dump on San Jose Creek
COMPTON Compton City Dump on Los Angeles River
COMPTON / RANCHO DOMINGUEZ San Carlos Street Dump on Los Angeles River
CUDAHY Cudahy Dump on Los Angeles River B. H. Steepleton Dump on Los Angeles River
CULVER CITY Larry Hetzler Dump on Ballona Creek Ward Disposal on Ballona Creek Wright Dump on Ballona Creek
DOWNEY Downey Dump on San Gabriel River
EL MONTE Theodore L. Vautherine on Rio Hondo River
GARDENA Gardena City Dump on Gardena Willows Wetland
GLENDALE E. L. Fleming Dump on Los Angeles River
GLENDORA Glendora City Dump on Little Dalton Wash
GRANADA HILLS Sunshine Canyon Landfill on Bee Canyon
IRWINDALE Alpha Pit on San Gabriel River Livingston-Graham/Duarte Disposal Site on San Gabriel River Calmat Reliance Pit #2 on San Gabriel River Owl Park II Dump on Rio Hondo River DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
IRWINDALE (continuted)
Harold Simpson Disposal Site on Rio Hondo River Livingston-Graham Dump on San Gabriel River Irwindale Plant Pit on San Gabriel River Azusa Canyon Road Dump on Big Dalton Wash
LANCASTER Lancaster Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
LONG BEACH City Dump & Salvage Company Dump on Los Cerritos Channel Oil Operators, Inc. Dump on Los Angeles River
LOS ANGELES Amalgamated Oil Waste Dump on Los Angeles River Clifford L. Bush Dump on Los Angeles River Byson Dump on Los Angeles River City of Vernon Dump on Los Angeles River E. L. Fleming Dump on Los Angeles River Learida’s Dump on Los Angeles River Sparks Pit on Los Angeles River Vernon Paving Dump on Los Angeles River Vernon City Dump on Los Angeles River
LYNWOOD Cortland Avenue Dump on Los Angeles River
MALIBU Juma Ranch Illegal Dump on Encinal Canyon Creek
MARINA DEL REY Dow Chemical Dump on Ballona Wetlands and Grand Canal Venice Dump in Marina and Duck Sanctuary Marina Del Rey Municipal Landfill in Marina and Duck Sanctuary Celery Dump on Ballona Creek
MONROVIA City of Monrovia Dump on Rio Hondo River El Monte Pit Disposal Site on Rio Hondo River Pasadena City Dump on Rio Hondo River
MONTEBELLO Agajanian Dump on Rio Hondo River State of California Division of Highways Dump on Rio Hondo River Montebello City Dump on Rio Hondo River Bell Holding Company Dump on Rio Hondo River
DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
PACOIMA San Fernando City Dump on Pacoima Wash City of San Fernando Dump on Pacoima Wash
PALMDALE Antelope Valley Public Dump on Anaverde Creek and California Aqueduct (still open)
PARAMOUNT Rullo Dump on Los Angeles River
PASADENA Pasadena City Dump on Arroyo Seco Atwood & Pursel Dump at Eaton Canyon Reservoir
SAN DIMAS San Dimas Disposal on San Dimas Creek Walnut Creek Dump on Walnut Creek San Dimas Community Dump on Raging Waters and Walnut Creek
SANTA CLARITA Sand Canyon Waste Disposal on Santa Clara River
SANTA FE SPRINGS Los Nietos Dump on San Gabriel River
SANTA MONICA Beverly Hills Dump - volatile organic compounds in drinking water aquifer Santa Monica Dump - volatile organic compounds in drinking water aquifer
SOUTH EL MONTE California State Highways Dump on Rio Hondo River
SOUTH GATE A. V. Hohn Dump on Los Angeles River California State Highways Dump on Los Angeles River
SUN VALLEY Sheldon-Arleta Dump - volatile organic compounds in drinking water aquifer Pendleton Dump - volatile organic compounds in drinking water aquifer Penrose Pit - volatile organic compounds in drinking water aquifer
TOLUCA LAKE Aqua Vista Debris Disposal Area on Los Angeles River
MARIN COUNTY
BOLINAS Bolinas Abandoned Landfill on east shore of Bolinas Lagoon
DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
FAIRFAX Oak Manor Drive Dump - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
LARKSPUR Larkspur Disposal Site on Corte Madera Creek
MILL VALLEY Mill Valley Landfill on Sausalito Canal and Bothin Marsh Cypress & Edgewood Road Landfill - dumped into reservoir
NICASIO Illegal Dump at end of Old Rancheria Road on Halleck Creek
NOVATO Redwood Sanitary Landfill on San Pablo Bay (still open) Hamilton Field multiple dumps on San Pablo Bay
POINT REYES West Marin Sanitary Landfill on Tomasini Creek Gambonini Mercury Mine on Salmon Creek
SAN RAFAEL Bellam Landfill on San Rafael Bay Ghilotti Brothers Disposal Site on San Rafael Bay San Quentin Disposal Site on San Rafael Bay Smith Ranch Road Disposal Site on North Fork Gallinas Creek and San Pablo Bay
MENDOCINO COUNTY
BOONVILLE Illegal dump on Ornbaum Road on Anderson Creek, a tributary of Navarro River
FORT BRAGG Glass Beach on Pacific Ocean
UKIAH City of Ukiah Disposal Site on Sulphur Creek, a tributary of Russian River Coast Wood Preserving on Russian River Low Gap Park Burn Dump on Orr Creek, a tributary of Russian River
WILLITS Church of Golden Rule Disposal Site on Forsythe Creek
ORANGE COUNTY
ORANGE Yorba Street Dump on Santiago Creek City of Orange Landfill on Santa Ana River La Veta Burn Dump on Santiago Creek
DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
ORANGE PARK ACRES Reeve Pit on Santiago Creek
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO Forster Canyon Landfill on San Juan Creek
VILLA PARK Villa Park County Dump on Santiago Creek
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
CORONA Corona Disposal Site on Temescal Wash
Glen Avon Stringfellow Acid Pits - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Pyrite Channel
Mira Loma River Ranch Illegal Dump Site on Santa Ana River
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
MOUNTAIN VIEW San Francisco City Dump on wetlands and San Francisco Bay (now Shoreline Park, Shoreline Golf Links, Shoreline Amphitheatre)
SONOMA COUNTY
HEALDSBURG Healdsburg Landfill on Russian River
VENTURA COUNTY
PIRU Piru Dump on Santa Clara River
COLORADO
ASPEN Smuggler Mountain mine tailings - cadmium in drinking water wells and Roaring Fork River
AURORA Lowry Toxic Waste Dump - radioactive waste and volatile organic compounds in groundwater
COMMERCE CITY 48th Street & Holly Street Landfill on Sand Creek
DENVER Denver Radium Superfund Site on South Platte River - radium-226 and arsenic in groundwater
DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
ENGLEWOOD 2 landfills beneath Englewood Golf Course on South Platte River
GOLDEN Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility - radioactive waste in groundwater
CONNECTICUT
CANTERBURY Packer Road Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Quinebaug River Yaworski Waste Lagoon - volatile organic compounds in Quinebaug River
SOUTHINGTON Old Southington Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Black Pond
STORRS University of Connecticut Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
STRATFORD Raymark Industries Dump - polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxin, asbestos in drinking water wells
TRURO Truro Landfill - trichloroethylene in groundwater
WESTPORT Westport Town Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Saugatuck River Imperial Avenue Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Saugatuck River
DELAWARE
ALBANY Albany Battery Case/Muncie Race Track Dump - trichloroethylene in groundwater
NEW CASTLE New Castle Municipal Landfill - volatile organic compounds in Upper Potomac Aquifer and Army Creek, which discharges into Delaware River
FLORIDA
BALDWIN Yellow Water Road Dump - polychlorinated biphenyls, iron, lead in groundwater
FORT LAUDERDALE 21st Manor Dump - volatile organic compounds, mercury, chromium, lead in groundwater
JACKSONVILLE Hipps Road Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater Pickettville Road Landfill - arsenic, benzene, pyrene in groundwater and Little Sixmile Creek
DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
NORTH MIAMI BEACH Munisport Landfill Superfund Site on Biscayne Bay.
ORLANDO City Industries Hazardous Waste Dump - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
PORT ST. LUCIE Port St. Lucie Municipal Dump - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
PORT TAMPA Manhattan Landfill, south of Interbay Boulevard, was formerly wetlands.
SEFFNER Taylor Road Dump, Hillsborough Heights Dump - volatile organic compounds in aquifer
TAMPA 62nd Street Dump - cadmium, chromium in aquifer and Peninsular Fisheries breeding ponds
TEMPLE TERRACE Gulf Coast Recycling, Inc. Dump at 11110 North 56th Street - lead in groundwater
WEST PALM BEACH Dyer Boulevard Landfill (now Dyer Park) - runoff fills lakes that enter canal system of Palm Beach County
GEORGIA
Fayetteville Fayette County Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
SANDY SPRINGS Morgan Falls Landfill on Chattahoochee River
IDAHO
POCATELLO Brannock County Landfill - trichloroethylene in drinking water wells
ILLINOIS
CHICAGO Pullman Railroad Company Dump - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, DDT in groundwater
NEW MILFORD Pagel’s Pit - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Killbuck Creek Acme Solvents Disposal Site - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Killbuck Creek
WAUKEGAN Yeoman Creek Landfill -arsenic, polychlorinated biphenyls in groundwater and Yeoman Creek DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
INDIANA
ELKHART Himco Waste-Away Services Dump - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells
KOKOMO Continental Steel Corporation - heavy metals and volatile organic compounds in groundwater
MICHIGAN CITY 1994 - Residents living near the Waste Inc. Dump Superfund cleanup site will be given blood tests. State health officials fear they have been eating tainted fish from a nearby creek.
PINES Yard 520 Landfill - chemical contamination of drinking water wells
IOWA
DES MOINES Toxic waste dump beneath North High School - carcinogenic chemicals in groundwater
KANSAS
ARKANSAS CITY Arkansas City Dump – polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in groundwater and flood plain of Arkansas River
HUTCHINSON Obee Road & East Fourth Avenue (volatile organic compounds in drinking water aquifer)
LOUISIANA
NEW ORLEANS Agriculture Street Dump - DDT, arsenic, lead, mercury, barium in groundwater
MAINE
FAIRFIELD CENTER Central Maine Disposal Pits - arsenic, mercury, methylene chloride in groundwater
GRAY McKin Company Disposal Site - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells
LORING AIR FORCE BASE Landfills throughout 9,000 acres - volatile organic compounds, heavy metals in groundwater
SACO Saco Tannery Waste Pits - arsenic, volatile organic compounds, heavy metals in groundwater Saco Municipal Landfill - volatile organic compounds, heavy metals in Sandy Brook DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
WELLS Wells Municipal Dump - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
WINTHROP Winthrop Landfill, Savage Landfill - volatile organic compounds in drinking water aquifer
MARYLAND
BALTIMORE Kane & Lombard Toxic Waste Dump - carcinogenic chemicals in groundwater
MASSACHUSETTS
ASHLAND Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump - carcinogenic chemicals in groundwater
ATTLEBORO Shpack Dump, and adjacent Attleboro Landfill - volatile organic compounds and radioactive waste in groundwater
BERKLEY Bogs Landing Dump shares 72-acre property with cranberry bogs
BILLERICA Shaffer Landfill - benzene and arsenic in Middlesex Canal
CANTON Tokarenbe Farm Superfund Site - polychlorinated biphenyls in groundwater
CARVER North Carver Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
DEVENS Fort Devens Army Base Landfill on Nashua River - carcinogenic chemicals in groundwater.
LOWELL Silresim Dump - carcinogenic chemicals in groundwater and tributary of Concord River
NORTH ADAMS North Adams Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
NORTH ATTLEBORO North Attleboro Landfill – volatile organic compounds in Rattlesnake Brook, a tributary of Tenmile River
NORTON Shpack Dump - volatile organic compounds and radioactive waste in groundwater Attleboro Landfill - volatile organic compounds and radioactive waste in groundwater
DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
PITTSFIELD General Electric Landfill - polychlorinated biphenyls in Housatonic River
PLYMOUTH Manomet Landfill - volatile organic compounds in Plymouth Carver Aquifer
TAUNTON Cohen Property – volatile organic compounds in groundwater
WALDEN WOODS Landfill on Walden Pond
WILMINGTON Olin Chemical Dump - carcinogenic chemicals in drinking water wells
WOBURN W. R. Grace Dump - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells
MICHIGAN
DAVISBURG Springfield Township Dump - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
FOREST TOWNSHIP Forest Waste Products Dump - carcinogenic chemicals in groundwater
FOWLERVILLE and HANDY TOWNSHIP Hogback Road Landfill - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells
HOWELL Lucy Road Dump - carcinogenic chemicals in drinking water wells
SHELBY TOWNSHIP G & H Chemical Pits - contaminated groundwater is treated and released into Clinton River
WYANDOTTE South Works Dump - mercury, polynuclear aromatics, chlorinated hydrocarbons in groundwater
MINNESOTA
NORTHERN TOWNSHIP Kummer Landfill - volatile organic compounds in drinking water aquifer
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP Highway 96 Dump - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
MISSOURI
WELDON SPRING U. S. Department of Energy Radioactive Dump - TNT in drinking water wells
NEW JERSEY
BERKELEY TOWNSHIP South Brunswick Asphalt Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
BRICK TOWNSHIP Brick Landfill - cadmium, volatile organic compounds in groundwater McCormick Dump - cadmium, volatile organic compounds in groundwater
EDISON U. S. Army Raritan Arsenal (1917 to 1963) - volatile organic compounds, metals in groundwater
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP Mannheim Avenue Dump - trichloroethylene, toluene, lead in drinking water aquifer
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP Gloucester Environmental Management Services (GEMS) Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater, Holly Run Stream and Briar Lake
OCEAN TOWNSHIP M & T Delisa Landfill - arsenic, methyl chloride, metals in aquifer
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP Fort Dix Landfill - volatile organic compounds, metals in Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer
PITMAN Lipari Landfill - volatile organic compounds in Alcyon Lake and Cohansey Aquifer
PLEASANTVILLE and EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP Price’s Pit Landfill - carcinogenic chemicals in drinking water wells
SAYREVILLE Sayreville Landfill II & III - volatile organic compounds in South River Edgeboro Landfill - volatile organic compounds in South River Edison Landfill on Raritan River Kin-Buc Landfill on Raritan River ILR Landfill on Raritan River Horseshoe Road Drum Dump- volatile organic compounds, heavy metals, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls in wetlands on Raritan River Sayreville Pesticide Dump - volatile organic compounds, heavy metals, Pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls in wetlands on Raritan River
TOMS RIVER Ciba-Geigy Chemical Dump - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells
DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
WEST DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP Matteo Iron & Metal Dump - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Hessian Run
NEW YORK
DOBBS FERRY Mercy College Landfill - volatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in groundwater and Hudson River
ENDICOTT Old Village of Endicott Dump - carcinogenic chemicals in drinking water aquifer
HYDE PARK Jones Sanitation Dump - heavy metals, volatile organic compounds in groundwater
LOVE CANAL (renamed BLACK CREEK VILLAGE) Hooker Chemical Dump - carcinogenic chemicals in groundwater
MONROE Rush Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Genesee River
NEW YORK CITY - BRONX Ferry Point Park (414-acre landfill) on Westchester Creek and East River Pelham Bay Municipal Dump on Eastchester Bay Orchard Beach on Long Island Sound
NEW YORK CITY - STATEN ISLAND Fresh Kills Landfill and Brookfield Landfill (3,000 acres) - volatile organic compounds, mercury in wetlands and groundwater
SIDNEY Richardson Hill Road Landfill and adjacent Sidney Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Herrick Hollow Creek
VESTAL BEC Trucking Dump - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
LONG ISLAND - three aquifers are the sole source of drinking water
EAST HAMPTON Montauk Landfill - on top of aquifer that supplies drinking water to East Hampton
ISLIP Islip Municipal Sanitary Landfill - volatile organic compounds in Magothy Aquifer
NORTH HEMPSTEAD Port Washington Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Hempstead Harbor
DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
OYSTER BAY Syosset Landfill - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells Old Bethpage Landfill - above Magothy Aquifer, a major source of drinking water
SOUTHAMPTON North Sea Municipal Landfill - carcinogenic chemicals in drinking water aquifer
UPTON Brookhaven National Laboratory dumps - carcinogenic chemicals in drinking water wells
NORTH DAKOTA
MINOT City of Minot Landfill -volatile organic compounds in groundwater
OHIO
CINCINNATI Center Hill Landfill - carcinogenic chemicals in groundwater and Mill Creek
DAYTON North Sanitary Landfill - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells
ELYRIA Ford Road Industrial Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Black River
FERNALD Feed Materials Production Center - radioactive waste in drinking water
MARION World War II Army Dump - volatile organic compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, heavy metals in groundwater
MIAMISBURG Department of Energy Mound Plant - plutonium-238, thorium-232 in Buried Valley Aquifer
TIFFIN Tiffin Dump - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Sandusky River
TRENTON City of Trenton Landfill on Little Miami River
UNIONTOWN Industrial Excess Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
PENNSYLVANIA
MILLCREEK TOWNSHIP Harper Drive Dump - volatile organic compounds, copper, lead in wetlands and groundwater
DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
ORMROD Heleva Landfill - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells and Coplay Creek
PHILADELPHIA Enterprise Avenue Dump - carcinogenic chemicals in groundwater
POTTSTOWN Occidental Chemical Corp. Landfill - volatile organic compounds in flood plain of Schuylkill River
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP Watson Johnson Landfill - carcinogenic chemicals in groundwater
SCHUYLKILL TOWNSHIP Phoenixville Borough Landfill - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells
UPPER MERION TOWNSHIP Tysons Chemical Waste Dump - volatile organic compounds in groundwater and Schuylkill River
RHODE ISLAND
BARRINGTON Barrington Landfill #4 - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
PROVIDENCE Button Hole Dump - volatile organic compounds in Woonasquatucket River Providence Dump - volatile organic compounds and polychlorinated biphenyls in groundwater
SOUTH CAROLINA
GAFFNEY Cherokee County Landfill - volatile organic compounds in groundwater
TENNESSEE
DICKSON Dickson City/County Dump - trichloroethylene in drinking water wells
TOONE Velsicol Chemical Company Landfill - carcinogenic chemicals in drinking water wells
TEXAS
AUSTIN Brinkley-Anderson Landfill - arsenic, cobalt, selenium, mercury, titanium in groundwater Saint Edwards Landfill - alpha benzene hexachloride, toxaphene, lindane in groundwater Jefferson Chemical Company Dump - benzene, toluene, naphthalene in groundwater
HOUSTON Gulf Waste Oil Pits - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in drinking water wells DUMPS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER - all are closed unless indicated
SAN ANTONIO West Avenue Landfill - carcinogenic chemicals in Edwards Aquifer
VERMONT
SPRINGFIELD Springfield Landfill - benzene, vinyl chloride in groundwater
CHARLOTTESVILLE Ivy Landfill - carcinogenic chemicals in groundwater
WASHINGTON
SPOKANE Northside Landfill - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells Wellpinit Indian Reservation uranium mine - radioactive waste in streams that feed Spokane River
WISCONSIN
MOSINEE Gorski Landfill - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells
MUSKEGO Muskego Sanitary Landfill - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells
STOUGHTON Hagen Farm - carcinogenic chemicals in groundwater
WHITELAW Lemberger Landfill - volatile organic compounds in drinking water wells and Branch River