Environmental: Solid Waste Management

CES, Inc. offers integrated services that can address client needs throughout the entire solid waste cycle. Our diverse staff of professional engineers, planners, scientists and surveyors offers expertise with initial planning and site development, permitting, construction management, operational planning, solid and groundwater monitoring, air emissions monitoring, landfill closures, and site redevelopment. We provide ongoing assistance to twenty (20) Maine Solid Waste Management Facilities that serve over fifty (50) Municipalities in the State of Maine. Facilities include Waste Transfer Stations, Beneficial and Agronomical utilization sites, Landfills, Recycling Facilities, and Universal Waste Facilities.

Our services include:

Landfill & Transfer Station Design/Construction
• Facility siting studies
• Design of landfill cells & hydraulic structures
• Liner and cover design & installation
• Alternative cover design, performance demonstrations
• Landfill gas collection systems
• Leachate management system evaluation
• Erosion protection/Stormwater Management
• Slope stability analysis
• Public hearings/public involvement
• Construction management
• QA/QC testing & inspection
• Soils testing

Landfill and Transfer Station Site Investigations
• Soil & water sampling, monitoring
• Soil/groundwater remediation systems
• Vadose zone monitoring systems
• Stormwater management evaluation
• Landfill gas monitoring

Operational Services
• Support & evaluation of landfill operations
• Hazardous & special waste handling plans
• Estimate remaining landfill life
• Long-range planning and budgeting
• Cost assessments/rate studies
• Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Manuals
• Training

Regulatory Compliance
• Annual DEP & EPA compliance inspections
• Landfill permitting
• Expansion plans
• Air quality permitting
• Regulatory agency negotiations
• Closure plans
• Solid waste management plans