Picture Gallery > Landfill Forum July 15, 2008 (19)
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Dr. Peter Shanahan begins his presentation
Dr. Shanahan’s firm, HydroAnalysis, Inc. was remunerated $8,000 for their appearance at the forum. Moderator annalise fonza sits to right with Dr. Shanahan’s assistant seated to his rear.
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Dr. Shanahan's model results
Shows the direction underground water is thought to travel
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The audience
100 people attended the forum, which was broadcast live on Northampton Cable Access Television.
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Dr. Robert Newton
Smith College geology professor Dr. Newton illustrates the flow of water towards the Maloney Well, part of the Barnes Aquifer recharge area. Dr. Newton was not compensated for his appearance and has voluntarily studied the issue.
The red images in the upper left represent the three existing landfills that sit over the recharge area. The Northampton landfill and two capped landfills in the city of Easthampton.
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Layers of clay and sediment
From Dr. Newtons’s presentation. Dr. Newton argued that the clay is permiable due to differing layers of clay and sediment, which he said means that leachate and water could flow horizontally toward the Maloney Well.
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Formation of the Barnes Aquifer
From Dr. Newton’s presentation
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well locations
The two blue dots in the lower left represent domestic wells, the yellow dots are monitoring wells
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Dr. Peter Shanahan and Dr. Robert Newton
Dr. Shanahan, an MIT professor, is contracted by the city through HydroAnalysis Inc. and works in conjunction with Stantec, a national environmental firm with annual revenues approaching $1 billion.
Dr. Newton is a Smith College geology professor that was representing the Barnes Aquifer Protection Advisory Committee. He is donating his services free of charge.
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Mike Parsons of the BPW
After the public forum concluded, members of the Board of Public Works questioned the panelists for about a half hour.