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Will County landfill consultants present horizontal and vertical expansion designs; leachate handling emphasized
Summary
Consultants told the Will County Landfill Committee they are pursuing both vertical and horizontal expansion options, described a phased berm and leachate diversion system, and said relocation of an on‑site soil stockpile remains unresolved pending talks with a neighboring party.
Marty Fallon of Geologic Associates told the Will County Landfill Committee the county is pursuing “two different expansion options simultaneously” for the county landfill — a simpler vertical raise and a more complex horizontal, piggyback expansion that would extend the permitted footprint.
Fallon described the horizontal design as two new cells placed adjacent to the existing landfill, with leachate collection graded toward two sumps on the northwest…
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