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Waste Engineering

Mission

To provide innovative solutions to challenges facing the Solid Waste Management Division, and to ensure that the Division's facilities operate in a manner that is a source of pride to employees and to the community

 

Objectives

  • Annually update long-term solid waste management planning options to reflect changes in technology, regulations and economics
  • Maintain the five closed landfills to meet or exceed permit requirements: 100 percent compliance on FDEP inspections
  • Manage current and future capital projects and contracts to meet or exceed schedules, budgets and design criteria
  • Operate the long-term care program for the Southwest Landfill so as to maintain the escrow account balance for 30 year sufficiency
  • Operate the NWLF, SELF, NELF and NE Auxiliary landfill monitoring programs to meet annual budgeted amounts.

5620 NW 120 Lane
Gainesville, FL 32653

Ron Bishop, P.E.
Solid Waste Professional Engineer
(352) 374-5213 

ron@alachuacounty.us

Functions

  • Economic and technical analysis of solid waste management practices
  • Determination of tipping fees associated with waste disposal
  • Evaluation of new technologies in solid waste management
  • Evaluation of environmental protection measure at Waste Management Divisions' solid waste facilities
  • Prepare long term care cost estimate for financial assurance report.

New Solar Array Project - Power On!

 

The solar array at the Leveda Brown Environmental Park became operational on March 3, 2009 and was the first array to be part of Gainesville Regional Utilities Feed-in Tariff program. With the tariff, energy produced by the solar array will feed directly into the GRU grid. GRU then pays Alachua County 32 cents per kilowatt hour produced by the array.

Expected energy output of the array is an average of 150 kw per day. This represents 15% of the total energy usage of the Transfer station facilities or the energy used by 4 average homes.   

Current data on the energy produced by the new solar array at the Leveda Brown Environmental Park is now available online.

The data can be viewed by clicking the following link: Leveda Brown Environ. Park Solar Page

Visitors to the site can view the power produced, the CO2 reduced and the revenue earned by the array.

To arrange a tour of the Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer station including the Solar Array project or for more information call the Alachua County Waste Management Division at 352-374-5213 or visit us on the web at Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station.

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