NO DIRT BUFFER BETWEEN LAYERS OF TRASH AT CHERRY ISLAND

Well we are to get your trash, but your incorrect, leaves provided a much needed and back to earth layer between toxins at Cherry Island. Neatley Compactied over years by the earths' gravity leaves turn into dirt and form a layer of insulation now gone from the Landfill. It takes a million years to reach a dept of 1" with leaves. leaves could not had added 1 inch into to the dump over one million years let alone 2010.

You have now left pure toxic wast material that will rapidly increase exposure to the Delaware River.

Every fishing license fact book you get upon purchase of said license "gives a warning of eating fish caught in Delaware Waterways". The warning contains a limitation of eating fish for children and adults.

Get a booklet it is worth reading, and I do not believe you would be eating any fish from Delaware Waters any more.

Additionas exerps from the files of on-line DNREC:
The presence of cyanide in the Red Clay Creek should be confirmed through resampling, and its source identified. Cyanide will be included in the
monitoring program for the United Water, Stanton Plant. United Water
Delaware should carefully monitor their chlorination process, and adjust it
as necessary. This project sampled surface water during low-flow (or
baseflow) conditions, and not during storm water conditions. A more
“time-sensitive” study would be needed to expand the assessment to include
all of the flow scenarios. 5.1.4 Christina River above Smalley’s Pond Intake
(Storet # 106031)Results A trace concentration of chloroform (0.7 mg/L) was the only VOC detected in the untreated water from Smalley’s Pond. No finished water sample was
collected as the treatment system was offline at the time of sampling. No
SVOC compounds were detected. Please refer to Table 23 for a complete list
of detected analytes.
Aluminum was the only metal detected in the Smalley’s Pond sample, at a
concentration similar to the Red Clay Creek and Brandywine Creek samples. It is likely naturally occurring.
The common herbicide dacthal was also detected in the untreated sample from
Smalley’s Pond, at a concentration of 0.12 mg/L.
Observed levels of sulfate, chloride, TDS and pH were comparable to those
from other surface water and ground water locations. No drinking water
standards were exceeded. A nitrate concentration of 360 mg/L was the lowest
concentration observed in the study.
DID DNRE GET BACK AND CHECK RED CLAY CREEK, THAT where nort Wilmington siphons off open water for you to Drink. What in the air get into opem waterways. Why doesn't north Wilington get well water from the same protectd source as Artesian Customers?
While DREC and others work on Leaves, trees and evergreens we are exposed to more toxic material in the air and the water we drink!