The landfill facility encompasses approximately 41 acres of which approximately 34 acres contain waste. Residential homes are located approximately 200 meters to the west of the waste footprint. The Landfill is situated over a drinking water aquifer which is an important source of public drinking water supply and is close to seven PRASA drinking water wells. The Landfill currently receives an average of 85 tons per day of solid waste from the Municipality itself, an average of 190 tons per day of solid waste from six other cities, and a limited amount of waste from commercial sources (approximately 10 %). As part of its strategy to deal with its ongoing solid waste needs, the Municipality intends to develop a fully compliant new landfill cell.
Authorized representatives of EPA have inspected the Landfill and observed evidence of disease vectors, buried automobiles, scavengers, after hours dumping, lack of inspections of incoming wastes, potentially unstable slopes, and insufficient lack of daily cover. The Landfill has inadequate stormwater runoff controls and has no retention or treatment of stormwater and intercepted leachate which originates from the Landfill and flows overland to two receiving creeks. The Landfill has rusting, out-of-service leachate tanks. It does not have an operational explosive gases control system. There are inadequate controls to restrict public access. Unauthorized individuals have been seen on the Landfill site picking through waste after ho