Landfill Leachate Treatment: Design Considerations and Regulatory Requirements 2015

Key Topics

• How the nature of solid waste, site geology, precipitation, and landfill age influence the leachate characteristics and the type, number and sequence of unit processes for leachate treatment
• The nature of impurities in landfill leachate, their concentrations and significance
• Design simple reinforced slopes using geosynthetics (EXAMPLE)
• The available treatment technologies for landfill leachate treatment and understand the role of each unit process within typical treatment process trains in multi stage treatment systems. Identify and explain the engineering design principles for the most commonly implemented unit operations
• The objectives and importance of leachate sampling, data analysis and validation for leachate characterization. Be familiar with the leachate indictor parameters and sampling procedures and establish sampling and analysis programs for leachate characterization
• Appropriate processes/technologies, depending on the nature of the impurities in the leachate to be removed and the effluent discharge criteria
• Landfill leachate quality and discharge criteria, design a process flow diagram a required to treat the stream such that the effluent meets a defined set of standards
• The relevant regulations involving design of a leachate treatment system and the permitting approach including consultation with the stakeholders, receiving water characterization, and the proposed effluent limits

Who should Attend

• Technologists and landfill operators
• Engineering professionals (Civil, Environmental, Process, and Chemical engineers
• Government agencies
• Landfill owners
• Anyone in the solid waste/ wastewater industry can attend and no previous experience/background is required