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Cowlitz County approves $1.49 million contract to expand landfill gas collection system
Summary
The Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners awarded a $1,490,001.76 contract to Glacier Environmental Services to install 20 vertical landfill gas wells, piping and related work at the county headquarters landfill; county staff will operate and monitor the system.
Cowlitz County commissioners on Tuesday approved a $1,490,001.76 contract with Glacier Environmental Services to expand the gas collection and control system at the county headquarters landfill.
County Public Works Project Manager Sean Roe told the board the project includes installation of 20 vertical wells, about 18,000 feet of linear pipe and well depths that average about 110 feet. "This is a expansion to our gas collection system. It was for the installation of 20 vertical wells. An average depth on that is about a 110 feet with about 18,000 feet of linear pipe also being installed in here," Roe said.
The nut graf: County staff said the vertical-well system is intended to sustain long-term gas collection and keep the landfill in…
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