Essential Leachate PFAS Treatment and Management Training for Landfill Professionals:
Navigating Treatment Technologies, Management Options, and Regulations
October 21, 2024 | 8am - 4pm
Increasingly, landfills can play a critical societal role in the management of PFAS wastes and concentrates resulting from PFAS removal from water and wastewater streams and industrial cleanups. Landfills have a large capacity to sequester and store PFAS waste. The small quantities of PFAS in leachate open opportunities for landfill managers to develop synergistic relationships with wastewater treatment plants for managing PFAS-laden biosolids and leachate. Landfill managers need to understand the management options and opportunities available to them to address the PFAS issue.
Landfill managers and other professionals also need to understand the benefits, costs, commercialization status of the myriad of treatment technologies and systems that are available to treat leachate for PFAS removal on site. This course provides the information and education needed to understand and evaluate these technologies.
Finally, landfill managers need to understand the drivers and consequences of the ever-changing PFAS regulatory landscape and how new and future regulations could impact their choices of management approaches and technologies selection.
This course equips landfill personnel with the terminology and high-level understanding necessary to engage with regulators, engineers, and vendors about leachate management and treatment options and requirements.
Participants will receive a glossary of key terms and abbreviations, and a checklist of questions to ask regulators, wastewater treatment plants, engineers, and vendors to help define the current leachate situation and develop a plan for future leachate treatment needs.
Registration for this event is open to WASTECON 2024 conference attendees.
Member Rate: |
$295 |
Non-Member Rate: |
$400 |
This course is designed specifically for landfill managers and engineers who want to gain a basic understanding of the options available for the management and treatment of PFAS in leachate.
Modules 1-4: Managing Landfill Leachate
- Discuss the basics of Landfill Leachate:
- Identify the sources, composition, and generation of landfill leachate
- Identify Key Leachate Treatment Technologies:
- Identify various biological, physical, and chemical treatment processes used in
leachate management, including their principles, applications, and effectiveness.
- Identify various biological, physical, and chemical treatment processes used in
- Compare On-Site and Off-Site Treatment Options:
- Discuss the differences between on-site and off-site leachate treatment methods,
including the advantages, disadvantages, and considerations for each approach.
- Discuss the differences between on-site and off-site leachate treatment methods,
- Evaluate the Chemistry and Characteristics of Leachate:
- Identify the key organic and inorganic compounds in leachate and the factors
influencing leachate composition, such as waste type, landfill age, and operational
practices.
- Identify the key organic and inorganic compounds in leachate and the factors
Modules 5-8: PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
- Define Emerging Contaminants:
- Discuss what emerging contaminants are, with a focus on PFAS, microplastics, and endocrine disruptors, and recognize their sources and potential impacts on the environment and human health.
- Comprehend PFAS Regulations and Implications:
- Identify current and upcoming federal, state, and local regulations regarding PFAS and their implications for landfill leachate management.
- Identify Technologies for PFAS Removal:
- Identify various PFAS removal technologies, including granular activated carbon, ion exchange, and reverse osmosis, and discuss their principles, applications, and effectiveness.
- Understand PFAS Destruction Technologies:
- Discuss technologies used for the destruction of PFAS, such as supercritical water oxidation, high alkaline treatment, electrochemical oxidation, and plasma technologies.
- Evaluate the Potential Long-term Impact of PFAS and Emerging Contaminants:
- Discuss the potential future impacts of PFAS and other emerging contaminants and the important role of landfills in managing these contaminants.
Modules 1-4: Managing Landfill Leachate
- What is landfill leachate, and what are its primary sources?
- What are the key federal regulations that govern landfill leachate treatment and discharge?
- How can landfill operators minimize the generation of leachate?
- What are the differences between off-site and on-site leachate treatment options?
- How do waste composition and landfill age impact leachate composition?
- What are the primary organic and inorganic compounds found in landfill leachate, and how are they measured?
- What are the main types of biological treatment processes for leachate and how do they differ?
- What is the role of pH adjustment in leachate treatment, and what methods are used to achieve it?
- How do distinct factors like moisture availability and landfill temperature affect leachate quality?
- What are the typical steps involved in a leachate treatment train, and why are they important?
Modules 5-8: PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
- What are emerging contaminants, and why are they of concern in landfill leachate management?
- What are PFAS, and why are they referred to as “forever chemicals?”
- What are the current and upcoming regulations regarding PFAS in landfill leachate?
- What technologies are available for removing PFAS from landfill leachate?
- How do PFAS destruction technologies work, and what are their limitations?
- What are microplastics, and what potential impacts do they have on the environment and human health?
- What are endocrine disruptors, and how do they affect humans and animals?
- What is the significance of understanding the long-term presence of PFAS in landfill leachate?
- How do landfills contribute to both the problem and solution of PFAS contamination?
- What are the future regulatory and environmental implications of emerging contaminants like PFAS, microplastics, and endocrine disruptors?
Participants will receive a glossary of key terms and abbreviations, and a checklist of questions to ask regulators, wastewater treatment plants, engineers, and vendors to help define the current leachate situation and develop a plan for future leachate treatment needs.