{"id":2707,"date":"2025-03-11T11:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2025-03-11T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:03:42","slug":"sanitary-landfills-wastewater-and-city-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/2025\/03\/11\/sanitary-landfills-wastewater-and-city-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sanitary\u2019 landfills, wastewater, and city structure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Questions for this week:<\/strong> How did \u2018sanitary landfills\u2019 develop? What are landfills primarily composed of? Why don\u2019t things biodegrade much in landfills? What environmental risks do they pose? What waste challenges did Boston and other similar cities face in the early industrial era? How has waste (literally) shaped Boston?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Readings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rathje, William L., and Cullen Murphy.<em> Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage<\/em>. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. (Chapter 4 and 5; pages 81-132.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MassDEP &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/doc\/2023-solid-waste-data-update\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 Solid Waste Data Update<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.massgis.digital.mass.gov\/MassMapper\/MassMapper.html?bl=MassGIS%20Basemap__100&amp;l=massgis:GISDATA.BWP_PT_HF_CD_PROC__GISDATA.BWP_PT_HF_CD_PROC::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.BWP_PT_HF_TRANS_SM__GISDATA.BWP_PT_HF_TRANS_SM::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.BWP_PT_HF_TRANSFER__GISDATA.BWP_PT_HF_TRANSFER::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.BWP_PT_HF_WWCOOTH__GISDATA.BWP_PT_HF_WWCOOTH::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.BWP_PT_OPX_CONV_SV__GISDATA.BWP_PT_OPX_CONV_SV::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.BWP_PT_OPX_RECY_SV__GISDATA.BWP_PT_OPX_RECY_SV::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.SW_LD_POLY_INACTIVE__GISDATA.SW_LD_POLY_INACTIVE::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.SW_LD_POLY_CLOSED__GISDATA.SW_LD_POLY_CLOSED::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.SW_LD_PT_LANDFILLS_SV__GISDATA.SW_LD_PT_LANDFILLS_SV::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.SW_LD_PT_DUMPINGGROUND_SV__GISDATA.SW_LD_PT_DUMPINGGROUND_SV::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.BWP_PT_COMBUSTION_HISTORIC__GISDATA.BWP_PT_COMBUSTION_HISTORIC::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.BWP_PT_COMBUSTION__GISDATA.BWP_PT_COMBUSTION::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.SW_LD_PT_ACTIVE_SV__GISDATA.SW_LD_PT_ACTIVE_SV::Default__OFF__100,massgis:GISDATA.SW_LD_POLY_ACTIVE__GISDATA.SW_LD_POLY_ACTIVE::Default__OFF__100&amp;b=-72.22549438476564,41.84194349089866,-70.50064086914064,42.75911283724358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mass Data Mapper<\/a> &#8211; historical and current waste disposal methods and sites<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New York Times &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/17\/nyregion\/new-york-landfill-seneca-meadows.html?unlocked_article_code=1.104.T6il.FIbeyYCvrcP2&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why a Landfill as Tall as the Statue of Liberty May Rise Even Higher<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seasholes, Nancy S. <em>Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in Boston.<\/em> Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2003, xviii-21.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clarke, Eliot C.<em> Main Drainage Works of the City of Boston.<\/em> 3rd ed. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1888, 13-27.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Geographic \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/culture\/article\/Boston-landfill-maps-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Boston Made Itself Bigger<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mapjunction \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapjunction.com\/?lat=42.3539210&amp;lng=-71.0692033&amp;clipperX=0.5406213&amp;clipperY=0.7840532&amp;map1=link.mapwarpermap55272&amp;map2=link.mapwarpermap18587&amp;zoom=13.7607177&amp;mode=overlay&amp;b=0.000&amp;p=0.000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overlay of Boston historical maps<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boston Water and Sewer Commission &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bwsc.org\/environment-education\/water-sewer-and-stormwater\/sewer-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boston Sewer System overview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Massachusetts Water Resources Authority \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mwra.com\/your-sewer-system\/sewer-treatment-facilities\/deer-island-wastewater-treatment-plant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions for this week: How did \u2018sanitary landfills\u2019 develop? What are landfills primarily composed of? Why don\u2019t things biodegrade much in landfills? What environmental risks do they pose? What waste challenges did Boston and other similar cities face in the early industrial era? How has waste (literally) shaped Boston? Readings:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139389,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sanitary-landfills-wastewater-city-structure"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Ethan Tupelo","author_link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/author\/tupeloe\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2708,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions\/2708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/recycle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}