Missouri Coalition for the Environment Meets with St. Louis County Residents

摘要

The Missouri Coalition for the Environment met with residents of north St. Louis County to discuss radioactive waste located at the West Lake landfill in the Missouri River floodplain in Bridgeton. The coalition says the site poses a threat to drinking water supplies for St. Louis and surrounding areas. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) reports the landfill site is approximately 200 acres and consists of the Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill, which stopped receiving waste in 2005, and several old inactive areas with municipal solid waste and demolition debris. The site is divided into two operable units, or OUs.