The customer's challenge
Reducing nitrogen levels in leachate ponds
Merab (Mellanskånes Renhållnings AB) operates a waste facility and recycling center at Rönneholms mosse. The site also has three landfills, two closed and one active. When it rains or snows over landfill sites, the water carries pollutants, organic matter and nutrients such as nitrogen. This risks damaging the environment or causing eutrophication if it leaks into our natural water systems without being treated. The water is therefore treated in different leachate ponds and in one of the ponds Merab wanted to optimize the separation of nitrogen and organic matter and improve the pond hydraulics.
