Is groundwater around the cell safe until stormwater drainage improvements are installed?
Quarterly groundwater monitoring will continue, with results reported to the DTSC as planned and as required by the operations, monitoring, and maintenance (OM&M) plan for the cell. The depth of groundwater near the cell also is monitored, and results indicate that at no time has groundwater been in contact with the consolidation cell. The depth of the cell was specifically designed to remain a minimum of 5 feet above the water table (depth of groundwater), and even during the extreme rainfall this winter the groundwater level did not rise enough to come in contact with the cell.
