Snell Road Landfill Remediation & Redevelopment Program

A recent meeting document Winnebago County Solid Waste Management Board Packet 2026-06-03 indicates a future potential acquisition The Snell Road Landfill Remediation & Redevelopment Program is an ongoing, multi-phase project to address regulatory requirements and environmental safety at the closed landfill. The 2027-2031 Strategic Capital Plan includes significant repairs to liner, cover, monitoring wells, gas collection system, and leachate collection systems. Recent updates indicate that additional wells requested by WDNR have been installed and developed for groundwater testing, with multiple sampling rounds likely required before a remediation plan is approved. The 2026 Horizontal Groundwater Extraction System abandonment project is in planning, with WDNR requesting additional construction/restoration details regarding equipment removal, pipe grouting, and re-establishment of the landfill cap/cover. The plan includes $502,000 for additional investigative work (Phase 1) and $3,059,500 for remedial action construction (Phase 2), including decommissioning the Horizontal Groundwater Extraction System, treatment injection wells, and monitoring well network updates. These activities will require outside engineering, construction, and environmental consulting services.