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Select Board seeks $24,900 reserve fund transfer for landfill monitoring after DEP complaint

Select Board (Town of Southborough) · May 5, 2026
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Summary

The Select Board supported a request to advisory for a $24,900 reserve-fund transfer to pay an amendment to the Par monitoring contract after a DEP hazardous-waste complaint and a low-level detection of 1,4‑dioxane in a landfill monitoring well; initial private-well samples showed no drinking-water standard exceedances.

The Select Board voted to request a $24,900 reserve-fund transfer to pay a contract amendment with consultant Par for expanded landfill monitoring and a risk assessment after the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) raised concerns following a low-level detection of 1,4‑dioxane in a monitoring well.

According to the DPW official presenting the item, Par expanded its scope to sample additional monitoring wells and to perform a risk…

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