The Gregadoo Waste Management Centre is seeking Wagga City Council approval to extend the gas capture network and the next stage of its transformation plan.
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The plan's most recent development for a gas powered evaporator was lodged with council this week and is estimated to cost $800,000.
When waste breaks down it produces methane gas and leachate and this liquid is stored in ponds that cost about $1.5 million to build.
Senior project manager Darryl Woods said this gas powered evaporator will lead to long-term savings for the community.
"We're future-proofing it," he said.
"It means we won't have to build more leachate ponds as often."
The transformation plan was submitted with council last year and the report stated that these projects are aimed at "positioning equipment and facilities" to increase the site's future as well as providing a safe environment for staff and users.
This evaporator system is likely to offer three benefits, according to the report:
- To address high methane reading at a test bore hole which has been reading higher than recommended methane levels; and
- Capturing sufficient gas to power an evaporator to accelerate the evaporation rate from the leachate ponds; enabling council to redirect proposed capital works from constructing new leachate ponds; and,
- Receive additional carbon credits of $25k per annum as a minimum.
The other projects involved improving access roads and a recycling centre.
