In Washtenaw County and Ann Arbor, Michigan a 1, 4-Dioxane, in groundwater and surface soil contamination from Gelman Science, persists after nearly 20 years of cleanup activities and has now spread in groundwater to an area over three miles long and a mile wide.

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Tons of TCE leaked out of fabrication facilities into the soil and also polluting groundwater.

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The water footprint includes both the water withdrawn from surface and groundwater and the use of soil water (in agricultural production).

UNESCO: Summary

The mountain is a giant, putrid layer-cake, with dozens of strata of rubbish separated by soil and plastic liners designed to contain the brew of noxious chemicals that would otherwise leach into groundwater.

ECONOMIST: A history of waste