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Committee presses landfill operator over 'increasing trends,' low pH and lack of PFAS testing
Summary
During a semi-annual groundwater report, commissioners flagged rising chemical trends and a well with pH 4.87 and asked whether PFAS is being tested; the operator said additional wells and permit updates are planned and that PFAS sampling is not yet required by Tennessee regulators.
Members of the Loudon County Waste Commission pressed the landfill operator on apparent upward trends in groundwater constituents and an unusually low pH reading during the semi-annual 2025 groundwater monitoring review. The operator said the facility entered assessment monitoring in 2024, added sampling parameters and is awaiting TDEC review of results.
The committee member who raised the issue called attention to “increasing trends”…
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