Development of a Solid Waste Management System Southside
Hampton Roads, Virginia

Client

SCS assisted the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) and its member local governments, to develop and evaluate a solid waste management system for the Southside of Hampton Roads. The HRPDC represents the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach and the Counties of Isle of Wight and Southampton.

The Southeastern Public Service Authority of Virginia (SPSA) currently manages the integrated regional solid waste management system, which includes a regional landfill, waste-to-energy plant, transfer stations, composting facilities, recycling operations, and other specialized facilities.

The HRPDC retained SCS to evaluate and determine, assuming a blank slate, the best approach to solid waste management for the period after 2018, when contracts between SPSA and the eight participating communities expire.  SCS conducted to following tasks:

• Review existing solid waste management systems.  SCS documented current waste management practices (both public and private), met with SPSA and member community staff to identify key issues affecting regional cooperation, and developed a pro forma financial model for evaluating alternatives.
• Evaluate future needs.  SCS identified alternative technologies and management approaches to collection, recycling, transfer, disposal; evaluated associated costs; and identified implementation approaches.
• Evaluate institutional models for solid waste management.  SCS evaluated various institutional models for management of waste after 2018 (e.g., new regional authority, public/private partnerships, community partnerships) and identified required organizational structure, staffing, and cooperative agreements needed.
• Facilitation with Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs).  SCS facilitated a series of five meetings and work sessions with CAOs for the SPSA member communities.  The purpose of the meetings was to discuss values, technologies, critical steps, schedule, and approaches to managing solid waste in the region beyond 2018.

Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
723 Woodlake Drive
Chesapeake, VA  23320

Contact

John Carlock
(757) 420-8300
jcarlock@hrpdcva.gov

Contract Amount

$248,000

Dates

2/2008 – 11/2008

Key Personnel

Robert Gardner, PE, BCEE
Keith Matteson, PE
Michelle Leonard
Marc Rogoff, Ph.D.
Bruce Clark, PE, BCEE
Lisa McDaniel