town of hempstead landfill

Boundary, Topographic, and Construction Survey of Landfill

The Town of Hempstead called upon H2M to provide a boundary survey of the 75-acre Merrick Landfill. The survey was needed to comply with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYSDEC) approval process. The site’s landscape is diverse and challenging, with 28 acres […]

Landfill Monitoring

H2M provided quarterly monitoring of environmental facilities at the 179-acre landfill for the Town of Clarkstown. H2M monitored the perimeter groundwater monitoring wells, methane gas wells, adjacent surface waters, leachate mound, and leachate storage tank discharge. H2M also performed a site inspection for vectors at […]

Solid Waste Transfer Station Evaluation

H2M conducted an evaluation for the long-term operation of the Town of Clarkstown’s municipal waste transfer station in West Nyack, NY. H2M performed a structural evaluation of the 23,000-square-foot transfer station and 190-square-foot weigh scale buildings, and an operational assessment of manpower and mechanical equipment. […]

oyster bay landfill

Radiological Survey

The Town of Oyster Bay hired H2M to perform an evaluation of the potential presence of radiological contamination at the former Syosset Landfill and to locate radiological sources if noted above background levels. During most of the active life of the landfill there were no […]

Large Scale Solar

The Town of Clarkstown, interested in saving money on utility bills and reducing its carbon footprint, saw an opportunity to utilize vacant land at its landfill as the site of a solar farm. The Town selected H2M because of the firm’s extensive experience with landfills […]

Post-Closure Environmental Monitoring

The Town of Hempstead Department of Sanitation retained H2M to provide post-closure environmental monitoring services at the Town’s municipal landfills in Merrick and Oceanside. At the Merrick Landfill, H2M conducts semi-annual groundwater and surface water sampling. Groundwater samples are collected from 11 monitoring wells and […]