Last month, the Department of Environmental Services’ Solid Waste Division gave conditional approval for the expansion of the landfill on Rochester Neck Road in Rochester, NH, which is located close to an aquifer Dover draws on for drinking water and the Isinglass River that Dover uses to recharge the aquifer. City officials shared their concerns over being able to adequately monitor potential contaminants from Waste Management Turkey Landfill Expansion that could affect parts of Dover’s water supply.
Said Dover City Manager Michael Joyal to the City Council, “We want to be assured that if there is migration or any possible potential impact on our aquifer that we know sooner rather than later so steps can be taken to protect it before its too late.” In its conditional approval, the Solid Waste Division responded to the city comments submitted during the public comment process, but the responses did not allay the city’s concerns.
Dover’s Director of Community Services John Storer and city officials have also been meeting with Waste Management officials to see if they will voluntarily agree to install deeper monitoring wells in some areas around the expansion area that would alert of any potential contaminants well before it approaches nearby water sources the city uses for drinking water. Those discussion remains ongoing, Storer told Foster’s Daily Democrat this week. Waste Management will deploy monitoring wells around the site, but Dover seek additional monitoring measures.
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