Environmental Monitoring Program
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
- Leachate - rain water which has drained through the waste mass and is collected by the liner system