Solid waste staff outline $1.4M vertical‑well program, leachate fixes and cell‑10 construction plan

May 19, 2026

Solid waste staff told the board they restarted a $1.4M vertical‑well installation to boost methane capture, plan pond cleaning and a third 5M‑gallon leachate pond, are evaluating line‑cleaning and 'pig' tracker options after scaling problems, and estimate cell‑10 construction at about $27.5M for 2027.

The full story

Solid waste staff updated the board on a suite of landfill projects and operational fixes, saying 2025 tonnage and revenue rose to roughly 772,000 tons and about $28 million in revenue, with 2026 projected at ~780,000–800,000 tons and approximately $30 million in revenue.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in