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City close to determining former dump location Guy of Waterloo officials hope to know the hmus of a former city landfill sue near Moses Springer Park by today. Sunda Siva, the city's team leader for storm water manage- ment, said last Friday ammu- mental consultants hired by the city were digging test pits in and around Moses Springer Park both last Friday and Mon- day to help them determine the limits of the site. The consul- tants were digging the test pits to help confirm the results of geophysical metal detector tests they had already con- ducted on the former landfill site to help them determine its limits, Siva said. Siva said preliminary results sho, that the majority of the former landfill site has been located on a slope just north or northeast of the Moses Springer community outdoor pool. However he said there was some evidence that mdi- cated some landfill material was also located just to the north and west of the Moses Springer community centre parking lot, "According to the results that Ijust saw this morning, it doesn't look like there's mo HWY IDKTQBEHBS it?“ ' l "ill mill! Tim Gardner Chrrmk I: Stu” "I!" "I! m"" "I" frilly. (hick! U T in P'" to Loo am "m, m "mmrt08T w‘oam Sahodar, October f? 6:00 pm In Loo am ca.tttsiqtM6-7730 II“! I - tuket office open Mon to Fri, 10am Tpm a: I',""" Sum-J1” 0d. 246. 'um-4te -. u A I947 will phomg'apln of the Lincoln Road an shows a former City of Waterloo landfill site located in the top left-hand corner. City otricinis hope to determine the exact limits of the dump by today. The dump was closed in 1964. much in that area," Siva said Friday about the area around the parking lot. "It's good news lor me, to some extent," he sad "But let's wait until I see the lull results." Waterloo council unani- mously approved luring the environmental consultants Aug. 30 after a preliminary investigation of the former landfill site indicated it was polluting nearby laurel Creek and generating methane gas at potentially dangerous levels. alum: " 'NNT - "t" "" “In!“ "" l ZDNCQQOI T 1999 - ------. Six time Gel-mill Winn" fur Best [ittsetel _---------" Frruar. October " 7200 yin to Loo a- The original investigation was conducted for the my by Con- eswga-Rovers & Associates Ltd. of Waterloo. The preliminary mvesnga- mm in Moses Springer Park found that: . the presence of burned waste (in Moses Spnnger Park) is adversely affecting the envi- ronment through the discharge of impacted ground and sur- face water to Laurel Creek . the ongoing decomposi- tion of the hurled waste is gen- “Hind-til Award Best Urge Ferthatt, nun-m m ml It In ttt ___ In mun tmu, an! Salunhy. October 16 6:00 FM Io 2:00 all swung methane at Concentra- nuns that may pose a safety nsk If ll was to accumulate m enclosed spaces Methane gas has been known to cause powerful explosions at other former landfill sues. Environmental consultants tested for methane both Insrde and outside the Moses Springer community centre on Sept. I but found no traces of the gas, Siva said However he sod work regarding the former landfill sue was still not over because the consultants now had to work on a 'remedial plan' to prevent pollution from the former landfill site from flowing into taurel Creek. "We will put together a remedial plan and that will take another two weeks because we have [0 design the remedial measures - how we can remove any potential runoff that may have some unmet on the creek ' Suva sad "Yo we have m Intercept that damage and dram that mlu our sanitary sewer which 15 runmng along the creek " Siva sud he hoped to bnng a hnal report about how the my was dealing wuh the problems around Moses Springer Park before Waterloo council on Oct, 18, 1ili'iti'r'T"i'i'iiC' 1Trraira-frj soon-nan liquAu. Fd2%f2Eiikn M10 Hui AUTO INC " Centennial Dr. Knchener 578-2052 MHEH tt