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Big Bend Landfill
2612 Big Bend RoadEly, IA 52227
Owner - Operator
Interstate Power & Light Company
Impoundment Hazard Rating
None
Well Count
15
total with9
reporting at least one exceedance| Well ID | Exceedances | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MW-10 | 0 | 0 |
| MW-11 | 1 | 1 |
| MW-12 | 1 | 1 |
| MW-14 | 5 | 5 |
| MW-15AR | 4 | 4 |
| MW-16 | 0 | 0 |
| MW-2 | 5 | 5 |
| MW-20 | 5 | 5 |
| MW-21 | 0 | 0 |
| MW-23 | 1 | 1 |
| MW-24 | 1 | 1 |
| MW-25 | 0 | 0 |
| MW-5 | 0 | 0 |
| MW-6 | 1 | 1 |
| MW-7 | 0 | 0 |
Total Exceedances / Total Samples
24 / 543 4%
Pollutant Details
NH3
Ammonia
Sb
Antimony
As
Arsenic
Ba
Barium
Be
Beryllium
B
Boron
Cd
Cadmium
Cr
Chromium
Co
Cobalt
Cu
Copper
CN
Cyanide
F
Fluoride
GAP
Gross Alpha
GBP
Gross Beta
Pb
Lead
Mn
Manganese
Hg
Mercury
Mo
Molybdenum
Ni
Nickel
NO3
Nitrate
NO2
Nitrite
Ra
Radium
Se
Selenium
Ag
Silver
Sr
Strontium
SO4
Sulfate
Tl
Thallium
T
Tritium
U
Uranium
About Big Bend Landfill
Big Bend Closed Landfill is located east of Cedar Rapids, near the Cedar River. It was a sand quarry before becoming a landfill for coal combustion waste generated at Interstate Power and Light’s Sixth Street Power Generating Station and Prairie Creek Generating Station. Sixth Street Power Generating Station closed due to flood in 2008 and was decommissioned in 2011. Prairie Creek Generating Station is still operating.
The landfill closed in 1992. It is located on a highly susceptible aquifer according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Some off-site water supply wells are monitored for potential impacts from the landfill.