Last Chance to Book for Leachate Monitoring Course

The next Chartered Institution of Waste Management (UK) Leachate Monitoring course is on 25 Jun 2008, so if you act today there is just about time to register.

This is a One day (non-residential) course held in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK.

If you are you involved in the monitoring or the control of leachate from landfills this will be useful to you.

Do you really understand what leachate is and how to effectively monitor it?

This course will provide an understanding of what leachate is, its composition, and appropriate monitoring requirements you should implement.

The course includes practical demonstrations of using a range of leachate sampling and testing equipment.

The course will also provide an introduction to the treatment of leachate.

What’s in it for me?

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Explain the basic principles of leachate generation
• Identify key contaminants and their risks
• Explain the requirements of monitoring programmes and their objectives
• Identify the range of monitoring equipment used during leachate monitoring and understand how they are used
• Know what current technical guidance documents are available
• Know how to interpret the data generated in order to identify problems and ensure appropriate actions can be determined and taken
• Explain some typical leachate treatment systems and be aware of the monitoring requirements of them.

Who is it for?

Technical staff working in landfill site operations, or design and regulation, with day to day responsibility for the monitoring of leachate generated by landfills or the monitoring of leachate treatment facilities.

Your Leachate News Blogmaster Steve Last will be tutor for the sessions on, "What is Leachate?" and "Leachate Treatment".

For more information, and booking, visit the CIWM web site Leachate Monitoring Course page.

See You at the CIWM 2008: Exhibition and Conference, Torbay, Cornwall, UK

Event: CIWM 2008
Date: 10-11th June
Venue: Information Hub, South Green Marquee, Torbay

The CIWM Show combines a comprehensive exhibition covering waste, recycling and resource management and is organised by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM).

It is expected that the 2008 will attract over 6,500 attendees, 350 exhibitors and 650 conference delegates from every industry sector. The exhibition offers both internal and external stands plus two live demonstration areas where exhibitors will be displaying their products.

Howard Robinson will be attending. Howard is our Enviros Consulting Leachate Team Director. If you are also attending and would like to meet him tomorrow Tuesday 10 June or Wednesday 11 June, just email me at steve.last[at]enviros.com with details of your request and the project you would like to discuss.

Enviros Commissions 3rd Leachate Treatment Plant in South Africa

Enviros Consulting landfill leachate treatment experts have successfully completed the commissioning of the new Leachate Treatment Plant for eThekwini Municipality's solid waste Disposal department (Durban Solid Waste - DSW).

The plant is treating leachate collected from the Buffelsdraai Landfill, which is a large new landfill located to the north west of the city. The site opened in May 2006 and receives the waste-stream that was originally accepted by the now closed La Mercy landfill site. The site will also accept waste previously disposed at other DSW landfills, including the large Bisasar Road Landfill.

The leachate treatment plant is planned to be completed in two stages with a treatment capacity of approximately 200 cubic metres per day, of which half has now been installed and commissioned.

The plant is the third biological treatment plant using a nitrification process similar to the many other Enviros plants, which Enviros has designed and commissioned in South Africa. It follows the commissioning of the Vissershok Leachate Treatment Plant (Cape Town City Council) and the Mariannhill Leachate Teatment Plant (Durban Solid Waste).

The leachate treatment plant protects the local river from contamination by leachate, which would if not treated, pollute the watercourse. Even if present at extremely low levels untreated leachate can cause taste problems in water later abstracted and treated for potable (drinking) water supplies.

The plant includes a reed bed for final water quality polishing, and will provide water for irrigation and for dust suppression.