The Wolf Creek Dam is located on the Cumberland River in the western part of Russell County, Kentucky. The dam provides hydroelectric power generation, flood management, water storage for year-round navigation, and water recreation. In addition, the dam serves as part of U.S. Highway 127.
The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP), located in western Kentucky, is a former uranium enrichment facility owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE). A previous Remedial Investigation (conducted by others) identified a plume (known as the Southwest Groundwater Plume) at the PGDP. Source area characterization found that the former Oil Landfarm area (Solid Waste Management Unit 1) was contributing to this plume.
Waste Management of Kentucky, LLC (WMK) owns and operates the Outer Loop Recycling and Disposal Facility in Louisville, Kentucky. The facility primarily serves the Louisville metropolitan area, and is the largest municipal solid waste landfill in Kentucky, based on both tonnage and total disposal capacity. The existing conditions at the 780-acre site prior to Geosyntec's involvement included seven physically-distinct individual waste disposal units (some lined, others unlined).
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