Houston County awards nearly $1M contract to expand landfill methane collection

The Houston County Board of Commissioners approved an award to expand the county landfill's gas collection and control system, a measure the board said is required under Subtitle D landfill regulations to capture methane produced by waste decomposition.

Commissioner Touton moved to award the Phase 6 Stage 1A and 2B expansion to Integrity Environmental Solutions of Marietta, Georgia for $996,873.75. The board recorded that the project will be funded by the county’s solid waste capital funds and that captured gas is burned in generators to produce electricity sent to the grid. The motion carried 3‑0.

County staff framed the project as a regulatory and operational requirement: "In subtitle d landfills, you are required to collect and essentially mine the methane gas that is produced by that landfill," a county speaker said during the discussion. The contract includes the staged expansion work described in the procurement materials (Phase 6 Stage 1A and Stage 2B).

Implementation steps were not given in full detail on the record, but the county indicated contracting and execution would follow the award. The project’s funding source and the regulatory rationale were cited on the record; staff will provide procurement and contract documents per standard county practice.

Next steps: execute contract with Integrity Environmental Solutions and schedule construction per contract milestones; solid Waste Department to report progress under contract terms.