The landfilled portion occupies about 100 acres in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania. The site is permitted by the State and currently receives an average of 400 tons of municipal and industrial wastes per day. The agreement requires SWRA to continue ground water monitoring, provide bottled water to affected residents, and develop plans for returning the ground water to its original state. About 26 homes in the immediate vicinity of the site have been placed on bottled water, while 2,200 people continue to receive their drinking water from the monitored ground water within 3 miles of the site. Monitoring of this aquifer will detect the migration of contaminated ground water to the drinking water supply for these people.
Activities continue under the Consent Agreement.
The description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination.