Landfill cleanup could take another decade in Dayton Ohio

December 22, 2007 - Bea Davis, 77, remembers the day in 1994 when the barbed-wire topped fence was erected around the 100-acre Valleycrest Landfill along her backyard property line.

Davis, who has lived in her home at 1919 Valley St. since her father bought the property in the early 1950s, is wondering whether she'll see the day when the toxic waste dump is cleaned up for good.

With $55 million spent, 42,000 barrels of toxic waste hauled away in an emergency action, and more than a decade into the work, regulators say it could easily be another decade before the landfill cleanup is completed and the land can be reused for another purpose, such as recreation fields or a commercial site.

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