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Land Resources / News / Iowa
City landfill acquires contaminated farmland
Source: press-citizen.com, by Mitchell Schmidt
Officials with the Iowa City Landfill have acquired almost 17 acres of farmland adjacent to the landfill’s northeast corner to track a groundwater contamination that breached the disposal area’s property line. January 09, 2012 Dave Elias, Iowa City wastewater superintendent, said the property was requisitioned last week to continue monitoring — and eventually intercept — various organic and metal contaminants found in the groundwater system nearest the oldest cell in the landfill, which dates back to the early 1970s.
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