Caswell Road Landfill 2005

• Phase I of the Caswell Landfill management project involved modifications to the leachate collection system and landfill cap.  These modifications reduced leachate generation, resulting in lower leachate volumes at the facility. The reason for the reduction is that less surface water, and storm water is infiltrating into the landfill.  These reductions have led to a significant decrease in total volumes collected.  See Caswell Landfill Monthly Leachate Hauled.  These volume reductions save the County approximately $80,000 annually.

• Phase II of this study will investigate various options to manage the leachate captured.  Currently leachate is pumped onto tractor-trailer tanks and trucked to the Ithaca Wastewater Treatment Plant.  Option evaluate include filtering technologies, on-site wetland treatment as well as conventional on-site treatment (i.e. package plant). This work will be conducted in 2006.
  

Caswell Landfill  Surface Water Drainage System.

Hillview total leachate costs for 2006 will be approximately $28,000, compared to the 2005 costs of $17,000.

Caswell total costs for 2006 will be $50,000 and in 2005 the costs were $23,000.