NPL Site Narrative for Broward County - 21st Manor Dump BROWARD COUNTY - 21ST MANOR DUMP Fort Lauderdale, Florida The Broward County School Board formerly deposited municipal wastes in a 4.5-acre open dump in a residential neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida. The area has been filled to grade, and 21st Manor runs through the middle. The school board owned the site, located on the southern portion of the Meadowbrook Elementary School property, and operated it from the 1950s to the late 1960s, when it was closed by the Broward County Health Department. The school board kept no records of the types and quantities of wastes deposited. Unauthorized parties also deposited wastes at the site. Investigations of the site since early 1987 by the Broward County Public Health Unit, Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, and EPA found chromium, lead, and zinc on-site in monitoring wells, trichloroethylene off-site in two private wells, and 1,2-dichloroethane off-site in Well #18 of Fort Lauderdale's South Dixie Wellfield. The well has been taken out of service. An estimated 166,700 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 4 miles of the site, the nearest a private well within less than one-quarter mile of the site. The Biscayne Aquifer, the sole source of drinking water in southeast Florida, is comprised primarily of permeable sand and limestone in Broward County. Ground water is shallow (9-10 feet). These conditions facilitate migration of contaminants in ground water. In March 1989, EPA found DDE, DDD, dieldrin, toluene, lead, chromium, and zinc in surface and subsurface soils on the site. Over 400 students attend Meadowbrook Elementary School. An estimated 13,000 people live within 1 mile of the site. For more information about the hazardous substances identified in this narrative summary, including general information regarding the effects of exposure to these substances on human health, please see the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQs. ATSDR ToxFAQs can be found on the Internet at ATSDR - ToxFAQs (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/index.asp) or by telephone at 1-888-42-ATSDR or 1-888-422-8737. ------- |