Tender for works at former landfill

A TENDER is being advertised for management works at the former Black Hill Landfill site at Chisholm Street Reserve.

The works comply with Environmental Protection Authority requirements and will include the installation of a landfill gas trench to intercept and vent potential landfill gas.

Work will also be done to improve stormwater engineering controls to direct water, which ensures it drains from the landfill surface.

The site, which was in operation from about 1967 to 1982, is managed by the City of Ballarat.

The existing cap conformed with the EPA’s cap construction requirements of the 1980s and used clay-rich soil and a topsoil layer.

The current tender complies with the Environment Protection Act 2017.

The City of Ballarat conducts regular monitoring of the site which ensures that the risk of contamination is mitigated.

Audits are also regularly carried out and the last one concluded that these works are required.

City of Ballarat Director of Infrastructure and Environment, Bridget Wetherall, said the works will benefit the community and the environment.

“It is important that we conduct the management works to comply with Environment Protection Authority guidelines while ensuring that the community and our environment is protected,” she said.

The gas venting works will occur at the back of some houses of Leerama Court and these residents have been notified.

The works are expected to begin in November 2024 and will be completed by June 2025.