Hawthorne Army Depot

Installation Restoration Program
Hawthorne, Nevada

HWAAP-E01B
WADF SEWAGE EVAPORATION PONDS

SITE DESCRIPTION
This is an active site, and therefore is not eligible for Installation Restoration Program funds. HWAAP-E01B, an active waste water treatment unit, WADF SEWAGE EVAPORATION PONDSreceives domestic sewage piped from the Western Area Demilitarization Facility (WADF) into six PVC-lined evaporative ponds. The WADF sewage receives no mechanical treatment, and does not discharge to the groundwater. Domestic sewage is held in each of these 0.6-acre ponds. The largest of the six ponds is 250'x100'. The lagoons have been used for sewage disposal since 1977. This area also receives treated effluent from the waste water treatment plant which can discharge water with TNT up to 2 ppm under the NPDES permit.

PROPOSED PLAN
This site is considered Response Complete under the Installation Restoration Program, any current/ future action will be managed under the NPDES permit.


 

 

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