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Gardner Board of Health hears update on landfill monitoring, leachate pumps and 1,4‑dioxane reporting
Summary
Residents pressed the board about nonworking leachate pumps and groundwater exceedances; health staff said monitoring wells were resampled, damaged wells were repaired and a revised exceedance report and risk assessment were expected from the monitoring contractor.
Gardner Board of Health members on June 16 addressed ongoing landfill monitoring after a resident raised concerns about nonfunctioning leachate pumps and repeated groundwater exceedances of 1,4‑dioxane.
Alan Russo, a Gardner resident, asked what the environmental impact would be of leachate pumps that “haven't been functioning for a few years” and whether the town had resampled groundwater locations that showed exceedances in April 2025. He also read from an email from Tory Murphy of CDC Incorporated saying, “the site is not located within the boundaries of a…
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