What is Landfill Leachate?
Leachate is a liquid that is created by landfills. It is produced by precipitation flowing through the landfill as well as by the naturally occurring breakdown of organics and other materials that are held within the landfill.
Leachate contains numerous contaminants and must be collected and treated to prevent the discharge of those contaminants from being released into our environment.
Landfill Leachate Treatment Issues
In most cases, communities truck millions of gallons of landfill leachate to a waste water treatment plant, where the biological processes in that plant don’t treat the leachate.
The hazardous chemicals are simply diluted within the waste water stream, and then released into the environment through the local water shed.
Other treatments cause:
high shipping costs
high operating costs
residual toxic contaminants
environmental pollution
From left to right: Raw Leachate, Final Effluent after Apex’s WARP System
Apex WARP treatment system
Our Solution Treats PFAS/PFOS
We now have the ability to treat the leachate on-site with a system that removes toxins, and results in water that meets National Drinking Water standards. The hazardous chemicals are concentrated, made inert, and put back into the landfill for permanent containment.
This is a cutting-edge solution that can save your organization time and money, as well as eliminate the discharge of contaminants into the environment.
Our treatment provides:
no shipping costs
low operating costs
(around 1 cent per gallon)self-sufficiency
clean water for the environment
