TITLE
Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing cumulative expenditures exceeding $50,000 for the disposal of leachate at the City’s MSW Transfer Station to Magna-Flow Environmental.
SUMMARY
AGENDA ITEM
Authorize Cumulative Expenditures Exceeding $50,000 for the Disposal of Leachate at the City’s MSW Transfer Station
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Public Works/Solid Waste - Transfer Station
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The City of Killeen Transfer Station Standard Operating Procedure and Texas Administrative Code (TAC) 330.243 require the collection and proper disposal of water that comes into contact with municipal solid waste or as the result of housekeeping, from required weekly wash down of the Transfer Station tipping floor. The City uses Magna-Flow Environmental, Inc. as its leachate (wastewater) collection provider.
TAC 330.243 provides the following regulations:
(a) At processing facilities, all working surfaces that come in contact with wastes shall be washed down on a weekly basis at the completion of processing. Processing facilities that operate on a continuous basis shall be swept daily and washed down at least two times per week.
(b) Wash waters shall not be allowed to accumulate on site without proper treatment to prevent the creation of odors or an attraction to vectors.
(c) All wash waters shall be collected and disposed of in an authorized manner.
As noted, Transfer Station personnel are required by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to wash down the tipping floor and tunnel area on a weekly basis. The wash down water is then collected from the tipping floor and tunnel area by a pipe system and pumped into the holding tank. Once the tank is full, it is emptied, and the contaminated water is hauled off by a TCEQ-licensed company and disposed of at a TCEQ-licensed facility.
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION
The Solid Waste Division budg...
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