| Abstract: | The 250-acre Toytown landfill site is in a poorly-drained area in coastal Pinellas County, Florida. Average altitude of land surface at the landfill is less than 10 feet. About 1000 tons of solid waste and about 200,000 gallons of digested sewage sludge are disposed of daily at the landfill. The velocity of ground-water flow through the 23-foot thick surficial aquifer northeast from the landfill toward Old Tampa Bay probably ranges from 1 to 10 feet per year, and downward velocity through the confining bed is about 0.00074 foot per day. The horizontal and vertical flow velocities indicate that leachate moves slowly downgradient, and that leachate has not yet seeped through the confining bed after 12 years of landfill operation. Untreated surface run-off from the site averages about 15 inches per year, and ground-water outflow averages about 3.3 inches per year. The Floridan aquifer is used as a limited source of water for domestic supply in this area. (Woodard-USGS) |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 27816 |
| Citation Author: | Hutchinson, C. B.; Stewart, Joseph W. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | |
| Citation Datum: | |
| Citation Day: | |
| Citation Edition: | - |
| Citation Editor: | |
| Citation End Page: | |
| Citation Issue: | |
| Citation Keywords: | |
| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | |
| Citation LatN: | |
| Citation LatS: | |
| Citation LonE: | |
| Citation LonW: | |
| Citation Month: | |
| Citation No Pagination: | |
| Citation Number Of Pages: | |
| Citation Online Only Flag: | |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 40 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm. |
| Citation Projection: | |
| Citation Public Comments: | |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 77-78 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Geohydrologic evaluation of a landfill in a coastal area, St Petersburg, Florida; 1978; WRI; 77-78; Hutchinson, C. B.; Stewart, Joseph W. |
| Citation Start Page: | |
| Citation Volume: | |
| Citation Year: | 1978 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Geohydrologic evaluation of a landfill in a coastal area, St Petersburg, Florida; 1978; WRI; 77-78; Hutchinson, C. B.; Stewart, Joseph W. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1977/0078/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1977/0078/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
