Dickson County officials are entertaining the idea of moving the county’s trash transfer station away from the defunct county landfill on Eno Road.

The site is the basis of lawsuits filed against the City of Dickson, Dickson County and a former automotive industry that is accused of illegally dumping toxic chemicals years ago in the county’s landfill. The landfill was closed in 1991.

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Nashville environmentalist Bruce Wood described the transfer station and the area on End Road as “a horrible albatross around the neck of Dickson County that is hurting its people.”

Trichlorethylene, or TCE, a widely used metal degreaser, which is suspected of causing heart and nervous system damage, birth defects and cancer has contaminated the water supply in that area of the county, and some say it continues to seep underground to other parts of the county’s underground water supply.

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[Citizen Mary Wright] added that she and the group still want to hear someone address the issue of “solving the health problem.”

“We have health problems from drinking it for years. People have doctor bills to pay. This is not just affecting one area of the county. It is affecting everyone. More people should come to these meetings and find out exactly what we’re talking about. This meeting is not just for one race or one part of the county.”