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Imperial Valley-A "Mega-Dump" PDF Print E-mail
Written by truth   
Wednesday, 18 July 2007

Proposed Mesquite Regional Landfill Site


Name:Proposed Mesquite Regional Landfill Site
Category:Waste
Archive ID#:CA4905
 
Description:This proposed "Megadump" for Los Angeles' waste is still in the works. Under the proposal, trash would come by train to this remote desert site, and a pile as high as a 30-story building, and over three miles long, would form over coming years. Rock from the nearby Mesquite Gold Mine would be used as overburden for the dump. One of three sites being considered for a "megafill" landfill site for Los Angeles (the others are the Eagle Mountain Mine, and Bristol Dry Lake, near Amboy).
Location:Glamis
(POINT(-115.0277996063 33.0217266082))
(show on map)
Address:CA
Imperial County
Visitor Info:The site is just west of the Mesquite Gold Mine, on the north side of Highway 78, a few miles east of Glamis.
Links:http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/PressRoom/1997/mar/NR031.HTM
http://www.trcsolutions.com/CFS/Infrastructure/SolidWaste/Projects/s_mesquite.html
LCS:Waste
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