Abstract
Leachate treatment at municipal wastewater treatment facilities is one option for meeting water quality standards. One possible method to reduce cost and energy requirements is to treat the leachate on-site using artificially constructed wetlands. This chapter describes a proposed study to evaluate the feasibility of this approach at the municipal sanitary landfill in Fenton, Broome County, New York. Concentrations of ammonia, iron, manganese, nitrate, and benzene in the Fenton landfill leachate exceed discharge limits specified by New York State Water Quality Regulations, and the Town of Fenton was told it must transport all leachate to a wastewater treatment facility. In addition to leachate sample analyses, a series of soil samples from both pretreatment beds will be analyzed routinely to determine changes in concentrations of metals and nutrient and toxic organics that have been routinely detected in the untreated landfill leachate.
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