Hello everyone we are facing problem of Landfill leachates since rainy season. Ground water may get contaminated as a result of this. We need to fix the problem before the severity increases. What can be done to stop the problem? Can we use constructed wetland for treating leachate of landfill? what are design specifications and general consideration? Does any one has worked in this area? I have asked many doubts in one question but your inputs are really important to me. Cheers Jose.
The use of wetland/reedbeds to treat landfill leachate has been successfully carried out for over 20 years.
As has been said by the previous correspondent the design needs to be suitable for purpose and can be land hungry if the liquid volumes are great. If I can assist please say.
The use of wetland/reedbeds to treat landfill leachate has been successfully carried out for over 20 years.
As has been said by the previous correspondent the design needs to be suitable for purpose and can be land hungry if the liquid volumes are great. If I can assist please say.
Treating landfill leachate certainly is not the easiest thing to do with a constructed wetland since the leachate often contains high nitrogen loads and difficult to degrade substances. But there have been a lot of successful implementations of constructed wetlands for this purpose. It is imperative however to have a very solid design to meet discharge requirements. If you're interested, you can turn to our company website: www.globalwettech.com and we can do the design and implementation.