The Dallas Morning News 1/24/03
By: Dave Levinthal - Arlington Bureau

ARLINGTON - A methane-recovery project recently installed at the city's landfill will
save tax-payers millions of dollars and help combat regional air pollution, city officials
said Thursday. A methane pumping station at the landfill is unique to Texas because
Arlington and Fort Worth, along with the private Midland-based Renovar Energy
Corp., pooled million of dollars in the last four years to create it, said Trey
Yelverton, Arlington's director of neighborhood services. "They say not to let your car
idle for long to help keep air pollution down," he said. "So we're not going to leave
our methane flare on long."

Gone are the flaming jets of methane gas from atop the landfill on Arlington's north
side, replaced by pumps and underground pipes that transport the greenhouse gas
to a wastewater treatment plant in Fort Worth. There, the plant burns it for electricity.
Methane is a noxious but natural byproduct of garbage decomposition.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency requires that landfills capture and burn
it, as most do, or find a alternate method of disposal. Dozens of feeder wells bored
deep into the landfill grounds collect the methane. the central machinery helps turn
the gas into energy said Lawrence Gilbert, president of Renovar. Renovar's
investment is $3 million. Arlington will save almost $3 million during the next 20
years since it didn't have to front money for the pumping technology, Mr. Yelverton
estimated.

Energy and wastewater customers may also see a reduction in their bills, said Robert T.
McMillon, assistant director at Fort Worth's water department. The Fort Worth
wastewater plant, which also serves most municipalities in Tarrant County, will use
the Arlington methane to generate almost all of the seven megawatts of energy it
uses daily.

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