Staff
-Eagle Pass
The amount of trash which has been sent to the landfill in Maverick County is a significant amount as the landfill has been in existence for two years now in El Indio. Hector Chavez, Public Works Director, who is familiar with the workings of the landfill, said that the first phase is nearly at capacity, yet there are 16 such phases available within the scope of the project. Due to excess trash pickup, the first cell is at near capacity. He said that the facility is receiving more trash than initially expected and they had expected the total amount to be somewhere 90 tons when actually they have taken in approximately 200 tons thus far. The coming of the Eagle Ford Shale Project have made the facility take more trash than previously expected which is good for the County, but he says they must increase the capacity. The project is bringing in $1.2 million monthly. This is a financial gain for the county as we previously were forced to take our trash to San Antonio.