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Leachate Released Into Ocean
January Garbage Spill Was Second In A Month Health Department investigation report says the landfill operator violated the state's water pollution law by purposefully discharging leachate — water that has been mixed with garbage. Photo: Hawaii Department of Health -
Rain Dislodges Waste
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Untreated Stormwater Discharged
Stormwater Released Into Ocean to Avoid Larger Landfill Catastrophe Photo: Michael Levine/Civil Beat -
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Untreated Stormwater Discharged Into Ocean
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Leeward Oahu Beaches Closed
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Landfill Closed
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Landfill Siting Meeting
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Land Use Commission Asks City to Explain Spill
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City Council Holds Hearing
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EPA Orders Cleanup
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Waste Management Report on Cell Repair
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Waste Management Storm Water Contingency Plan
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Waste Management Daily Progress Report
Waste Management Daily Progress Report shows the landfill operator prepared the diversion pipe trench for the final blast, removed approximately 12,000 gallons of mud and sent 60,000 gallons of contaminated water to the treatment facility. -
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Waste Management Daily Progress Report
Waste Management Daily Progress Report shows the Environmental Protection Agency approved the landfill to resume operations on the East side of Cell E6, a contractor poured concrete for the diversion channel and another pumped more than 20,000 gallons of silt from a pond. -
City Council: Landfill Siting
Joint Committee Agenda FOR DISCUSSION ONLY- TO DISCUSS THE NEWLY APPOINTED LANDFILL SITE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
- PRELIMINARILY IDENTIFIED LANDFILL SITES.
- THE CAPACITY OF THE CURRENT WAIMANALO GULCH LANDFILL.
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Waste Management Daily Progress Report
Waste Management Daily Progress Report shows workers continue to investigate the liner in Cell E6, and expect an assessment to be complete by Saturday, Feb. 5. Crews also continue constructing the stormwater diversion channel. There is more water to be pumped from the surface of the cell, and contractors pumped some 274,000 gallons from the sedimentation basin over the weekend. -
Congresswoman Hanabusa Urges Officials to Close Landfill
Hawaii Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa sends a letter to City Council members, Mayor Peter Carlisle and other officials to express concerns about the site. "Enough is enough," wrote Hanabusa, who has long advocated for the landfill's closure. -
EPA Deadline: Plans Due
Waste Management [meets deadline](<a href='http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2011/02/10/8814-progress-at-landfill-but-trash-woes-persist/)'> meets deadline</a> to provide a detailed work plan on repairs and safety precautions. -
Waste Management Daily Progress Report
Waste Management Daily Progress Report shows the same assessment of Cell E6, where workers are removing rocks to better investigate the liner. Work on the stormwater diversion channel continues without notably changes. The contractor removed 16,000 gallons of mud and water and placed the muck in tanks so it separates. Workers pumped 56,000 gallons of stormwater from the sedimentation basin to be treated for disposal. -
LUC Blasts Landfill Manager on Spill, New Violation
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Waste Management Daily Progress Report
Waste Management Daily Progress Report shows the landfill operator continues to pump contaminated stormwater — more than 100,000 today — out of the sedimentation basin. Workers continue to investigate the liner in Cell E6. -
Waste Management Daily Progress Report
There is still no change to the assessment of the liner in Cell E6, according to Waste Management's daily progress report report. The landfill operator reports progress on construction of a stormwater diversion channel, and continued pumping efforts to get muck and stormwater out of the area around Cell E6. -
EPA Deadline: Structural Report
Waste Management meets deadline to provide analysis of the structural integrity of the landfill cell from which garbage spilled. As required, the analysis was conducted by a "qualified civil or geotechnical engineer." -
Waste Management Daily Progress Report
Waste Management finished laying pipe for the diversion channel, according to the company's daily progress report report. Cement will be poured on Tuesday. Crews have begun their investigation of a exposed side wall liner in Cell E6. -
Waste Management Daily Progress Report
The Feb. 7 progress report shows some delays to repair in Cell E6 from weekend rain. The City's director of Environmental Services, Tim Steinberger, told Civil Beat the rain caused delays but wasn't heavy enough to cause more damages or flooding. Despite delays, Waste Management reports it is meeting deadlines to comply with the EPA order. Workers are still pumping thousands of gallons of mud from Cell E6. -
EPA Deadline: Liner Repair
Within two weeks, Waste Management must outline a plan to fix the damaged liner that keeps trash from seeping into the ground. -
Waste Management Daily Progress Report
The Feb. 8 progress report says protective stone was removed from the damaged landfill cell to allow further investigation of the liner material. Some damage was repaired, but limited access slowed progress. The final concrete pour for the wall of the diversion channel was also delayed when the truck had difficulty access the area due to mud. The pour was set to take place Feb. 9 instead. -
Waste Management Daily Progress Report
Waste Management's daily progress report shows some delays due to muddy conditions in Cell E6, but progress on the stormwater diversion channel. Workers pumped more than 52,000 gallons of stormwater out of the sedimentation basin for treatment and disposal. -
EPA Deadline: Diversion Channel
With three weeks, Waste Management must complete construction of a functional stormwater diversion channel. (City officials had said the completion of that channel before the heavy rains could have prevented the landfill spill.) The landfill operator must also stop liquid discharges from that cell — except those permitted — from flowing into the ocean by that time. -
EPA Deadline: Final Report
Within 60 days, Waste Management must submit a final report summarizing the company's compliance with the order as a whole.
