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Col. Bingham pointed out that should the liner of the leachate pond spring a leak, the highly concentrated contaminants could seep into the French drain. “By putting that drain underneath the leachate pond, you’ve built in a system that will take it right into the stream! . . . (Should there be a malfunction) I don’t want that leachate going into the streams. I don’t want it going into the river.”
At Col. Bingham’s insistance, the board agreed to install a holding tank to catch the groundwater from the French drain instead of it being discharged directly onto the surface. The Jackson District representative noted this will provide an extra level of protection since testing of the water in that tank will give an early warning of any leaks in the lining of the leachate pond. The tank’s design will include capability for pumping its contents to the leachate pond, but since it will be several years before the landfill begins to generate leachate to go into the pond, the actual pumping mechanism will not be installed until later. And as long as tests show the water to be uncontaminated, it will be discharged from the holding tank to the creek.
The board authorized Mr. Joyce to write the required letter to the Department of Waste Management, with the draft to be submitted to Chairman Hubert Gilkey who will circulate copies to the other supervisors.
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