kane & lombard street drums

KANE & LOMBARD STS

The Kane and Lombard Streets Drum site comprises about 10 acres in Baltimore, MD. Between 1962 and 1984 the site was part of an open dump where demolition, municipal and industrial wastes were disposed. The site lies along an industrial and commercial strip, adjacent to a high school and public recreation area. Residential developments and a large medical complex are located about a third of a mile from the site. The groundwater beneath the site and in the vicinity is contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including trichloroethene, 1,2-dichloroethene and vinyl chloride, as a result of past waste disposal. The City of Baltimore supplies drinking water to area residents, and no residential wells are known to exist within a half-mile radius of the site. Contaminated groundwater would present a future health risk, if the affected aquifer were used as a water supply.