SCS Engineers installs gas collection system at WM landfill

SCS Engineers, a Long Beach, California-based environmental engineering firm, has announced it will construct the first gas collection and control system (GCCS) and flare station at the WM Gray Wolf Regional Landfill. The facility is located in Dewey, Arizona, and provides disposal services for Yavapai County and northern Arizona.

According to SCS, the GCCS serves as a critical component to keep Gray Wolf compliant with federal emissions standards. The system collects gases that are a natural byproduct of the decomposition of organic material in landfills and directs them to a central point where they are processed and treated via flare.

Methane—one of the gases a landfill produces—is 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in terms of its greenhouse effect. By destroying methane using combustion, such as flaring, SCS says it can diminish its greenhouse gas potential by 95 percent.

Since their introduction in the early 1990s, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Source Performance Standards emission guidelines require landfill owners and operators to evaluate and mitigate landfill air emissions.

“We’re proud to back WM in their support of community programs and essential services that make Yavapai County and its surrounding region a healthy place to live, work and play,” says Arthur Jones, SCS desert southwest region manager. Jones, along with SCS Project Manager Chris Romo, lead the Gray Wolf GCCS construction project.