San Diego City Council Studies Mission Bay Landfill Site

Date: June 12, 2003

Source: News Room

A San Diego City Council committee has unanimously approved a proposal for the city to enter an agreement to study the Mission Bay landfill, a 1950's-era landfill potentially containing toxic agents that could be leaking into nearby waterways. The landfill has stalled any building, development, or landscaping on the bayfront property. The two-phase study will cost an estimated $600,000. The Mission Bay landfill was operated by the city from 1952 through 1959. The landfill is an unlined trench eight to 12 feet below the surface filled with municipal solid waste and liquid industrial waste. According to studies performed by environmental consultant firm Woodward Clyde, as much as 2.2 million gallons were dumped in the landfill.
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