Are you responsible for landfill operations, water quality compliance, or environmental permitting? Then you know leachate is one of the toughest wastewater challenges in waste management.
π§ What if you could solve that challenge with proven, field-tested strategies from a leading expert who pioneered modern leachate treatment in the UK?ο»Ώ
Written by Steve Last, Chartered Civil & Environmental Engineer
π§ Why This Guide Is Different
Written by Steve Last, a retired Chartered Civil & Environmental Engineer, this ebook is based on real-world experience, not theory.
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Designed over 20 leachate treatment plants
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Pioneered the first SBR leachate treatment system with extended aeration β now a global standard
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A founder member in the team that led UK government-funded research and wrote numerous peer-reviewed case studies
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All systems still in use today, 25+ years later - in all cases except where events have made them no longer needed
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Founder of IPPTS Associates and Google Scholar.
βοΈ Biological Treatment Methods That Work
Activated Sludge, SBR, MBBR, MBR, and Anaerobic Digestion
Pros, cons, and based on experience of real performance
βοΈ Physical & Chemical Treatment Technologies
Advanced membrane filtration (RO, UF, NF)
Chemical precipitation, activated carbon, AOPs, electrochemical systems
βοΈ How to Choose the Right System
Understand your leachate composition
Navigate flow rate, cost, and site constraints
Plan for long-term regulatory compliance
βοΈ Real-World Case Studies
Changsha City project: how an integrated system met the toughest regulations
Capital costs, operational savings, and ROI breakdown
π― Who This Book Is For
βοΈ Landfill managers needing full technical clarity
βοΈ Environmental engineers specifying leachate systems
βοΈ Consultants preparing feasibility studies
βοΈ Permit holders facing discharge consent hurdles
π§ Why This Guide Is Different
With regulations tightening and leachate tanker disposal to POTWs becoming unobtainable, in-house treatment can be no longer optional β itβs essential.
Donβt risk compliance failures. Equip yourself with the most practical, authoritative guide available anywhere.
Steve Last
βThereβs no substitute for experience. In this book, I share everything I learned in over 20 projects, from concept to commissioning.β β Steve Last, Author & Founder of Leachate.co.uk
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