Leachate treatment system using constructed wetlands, Town of Fenton sanitary landfill, Broome County, New York. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10133188· OSTI ID:10133188

Municipal sanitary landfills generate leachate that New York State regulations require to be collected and treated to avoid contaminating surface water and groundwater. One option for treating leachate is to haul it to municipal wastewater treatment facility. This option may be expensive, may require excessive energy for transportation, and may require pretreatment to protect the receiving facility`s processes. An alternative is on-site treatment and discharge. Personnel from the Town of Fenton, New York; Hawk Engineering, P.C.; Cornell University; and Ithaca College designed, built, and operated a pilot constructed wetland for treating leachate at the Town of Fenton`s municipal landfill. The system, consisting of two overland flow beds and two subsurface flow beds has been effective for 18 months in reducing levels of ammonia (averaging 85% removal by volatilization and denitrification) and total iron (averaging 95% removal by precipitation and sedimentation), two key constituents of the Fenton landfill`s leachate. The system effects these reductions with zero chemical and energy inputs and minimal maintenance. A third key constituent of the leachate, manganese, apparently passes through the beds with minimal removal. Details and wetland considerations are described.

• Research Organization: Fenton, Town of, Port Crane, NY (United States); Hawk Engineering, Binghamton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Albany, NY (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10133188
• Report Number(s): NYSERDA-94-3; ON: TI94008170
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Nov 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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