In
accordance with Chaffee Landfill's NYSDEC Permit Number 9-1462-00001/00006,
Chaffee Landfill monitors the groundwater, surface water and air
around the facility. We also collect and monitor the leachate that is generated
at the facility.
Annual Cost: $150,000
Quarterly
Sampling and Analysis
Groundwater
(38 Wells) -
located at varying depths which sample area water for contaminants
Surface
Water (3 Sites)
Air
-
landfill gas is collected:
Title V and air quality monitoring in and around landfill is performed
quarterly
Leachate
-
rain water which has drained through the waste mass and is collected
by the liner system