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The 13-acre Algoma Municipal Landfill (AMLF) Superfund site is located in Algoma, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. The landfill is located about 3,500 feet south-southwest of Silver Creek, 3,000 feet north-northeast of Three Mile Creek, and about 1½ miles from the Algoma city limits. Lake Michigan is located about 2½ miles east and Krohn's Lake, which is used for recreation, is less than one mile away. Surrounding land use includes farming and gravel pits. The AMLF was operated from 1969 to 1983 by the city of Algoma, accepting waste from residential, commercial and industrial sources. In 1970, the landfill received a license from the state to accept municipal refuse. While most of the accepted waste was municipal refuse, paint wastes, lacquers, thinners, and asbestos wastes were also disposed of at the landfill. When the landfill closed in 1983, the city covered it with clay and topsoil. The landfill has no bottom liner and is underlain by an upper sand and gravel aquifer and a deep aquifer that are hydraulically connected. Algoma's municipal water supply wells draw from the deeper aquifer, and local private drinking water wells draw from both aquifers. Approximately 5,000 people within three miles of the site depend on groundwater as their source of drinking water. Approximately 180 people live within one mile of the site, all using private water supplies. The nearest residence is 1,100 feet away from the site boundary. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) placed the AMLF site on the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) in July 1987.
94 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$54,357 |
Average Income |
37 |
Occupied homes |
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