Streamflow, Lake-Flow Patterns, Rainfall, and Quality of Water and Sediment in the Vicinity of a Hazardous-Waste Landfill Near Pinewood, South Carolina, March 1987 through Early January 1989

摘要

A hazardous-waste landfill near Pinewood, S.C., is one of two landfills in the southeastern United States permitted to accept hazardous waste. Concerns have been raised about the potential for contamination of ground water and surface water by leakage from the site. The report presents a characterization of natural background conditions, compares background conditions with those in areas influenced by runoff from the landfill, and, most importantly, establishes a data base with which future data can be compared. The report includes data and descriptions about surface-water drainage patterns, lake-flow patterns under both high- and low-inflow conditions, streamflow, estimates of baseflow contribution to streamflow, rainfall, and chemical and physical characteristics of water and bottom sediments collected at selected stream and lake sites for the period March 1987 through early January 1989.