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DPW seeks funds to repair Millersville landfill closed cells and prepare for PFAS monitoring/remediation
Summary
DPW presented FY26 requests to use the Solid Waste financial assurance fund for closed‑cell repairs at Millersville, to increase planning for PFAS monitoring and to create a contingency for extending public water if private well impacts are identified; officials said ongoing groundwater monitoring and a partnership with UMBC guide the efforts.
At the Anne Arundel County Council’s May 22 departmental budget hearing, Department of Public Works waste‑management officials asked the council to appropriate Solid Waste financial-assurance funds to repair localized erosion on closed landfill areas and outlined new planning for PFAS monitoring, private‑well responses and a contingency for public‑water extensions if required.
Repairs and financial-assurance funding Rody Holthouse, deputy director for Waste Management Services, said DPW performed a study of closed-cell conditions and identified multiple small erosion and slope‑repair sites on top of…
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