TDEC recommends leachate sampling; county budgets about $8,000 for initial tests
After a Jan. 5 TDEC inspection, staff said the county will sample landfill leachate and send containers to a Mount Juliet lab; staff estimated initial sampling costs of about $8,000 and said additional hauling could be required if results are poor.
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Public works staff told the committee that inspectors from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) visited on Jan. 5 to review landfill conditions. Staff said TDEC recommended resuming leachate sampling and that the county can pull samples and ship them to a Mount Juliet lab for analysis.
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