Austin, Texas, officials may spend $1.27 million on a less visible but still important upgrade at a closed landfill: a permanent pipe system to move leachate, often called “trash juice,” without relying on workers and tanker trucks.
If approved, the project would automate part of the cleanup infrastructure at the FM 812 landfill and could reduce risks linked to handling landfill runoff, according to KXAN.
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Austin City Council will weigh a $1.27 million contract with Cedar Hill Construction to build a fixed link from leachate tanks at the closed FM 812 landfill to the wastewater line.
Right now, workers move the liquid through a manual system involving pumping and tanker trucks…