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Overcoming UV Interference in
Leachate Discharges
Ivan A. Cooper, PE, BCEE
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Olya S. Keen, PE, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
May 6, 2015
NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
BOLTON LANDING, NY
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Site Landfill
► History
► Treatment Investigation and Plan
► UV Interference
► Design Considerations
► Treatment Plant Construction
► Startup
► Operation Maintenance Staffing
► Acceptance
► Effluent Pipeline
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Landfill History
► 214 Acre site in limestone
quarry 240 ft deep
► LF closed 2004
► Reaction in South Quarry
► Reaction>
▪ Elevated temperatures
▪ Odors
▪ Subsidence
▪ High strength leachate
▪ Discharge to POTW cut off
▪ Hauling ->$4 mil/mo
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Leachate Cutoff and Baker Tanks – Early 2013
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Tasks in 14 Months
► Testing
► Plans
► Permitting
► Interim Plan
► Final Plan – Permit from MSD
► UV Transmissivity
▪ Reroute Effluent Bissel Point Summer/Missouri River Plant –
New 6 mile Force Main
▪ Coordination with MSD and State for Forcemain
► O&M Plan and Staffing Planning
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Leachate Design Considerations
• Variability – Flow/Strength
• BOD/COD/TSS
• Ammonia
• TDS
• Color Refractory COD
• Metals – ex. Arsenic / Zinc
• Total Dissolved Solids/ Chlorides
• Heat (exothermic reaction)
• Cooling Towers / Heat Exchangers
Mesophilic vs. Thermophilic
• Corrosion/scaling
• Aeration Control
• Foam Control
• MBR Fouling
• Odors
• Aeration Control
• UV transmittance (POTW)
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Leachate Pilot Scale Test at Site
► Clarification
► MBR
► Sludge Dewatering
► Electrocoagulation
► Reverse Osmosis
► Thermal Oxidizer
► Scrubber
► UV Investigation
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Focus on UV Interference
► Discharge to POTW
► Many POTW installing UV disinfection
► 253.7 nm effective for bacterial kill, virus inactivation
▪ causes adjacent thymine molecules on DNA to dimerize.
▪ thymine dimer defects accumulate on a microorganism's DNA
▪ replication is inhibited,
▪ UV disinfection by rendering the microorganisms harmless.
► Leachate interferes with UV
▪ Turbidity/Iron
▪ Humic substances/Fulvic substances
► As UV absorbance increases, UV transmittance decreases: %UVT = 100 x 10-A
Source:UVComparison.com
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Pilot Test Units
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UV-T Removal Technologies
► Advanced Oxidation Processes
Ozonation
TiO2 Photo-Catalytic Oxidation
H2O2-O3 Treatment
Ferrate
Sulfate Radical Oxidation
► Physical Treatment Processes
Powdered Activated Carbon
Chemical Precipitation
Nano-Filtration
Reverse Osmosis
Electrocoagulation
Concentration Dilution in DI H20 in Tap H20 in POTW Final Effluent
0.00 Blank 100.00 100.00 62.86
0.040 1 to 25 2.86 2.57 1.83
0.020 1 to 50 17.45 15.28 10.60
0.010 1 to 100 41.95 36.56 25.60
0.007 1 to 150 56.00 48.98 34.71
0.005 1 to 200 64.67 56.67 40.19
0.004 1 to 250 70.66 61.92 43.58
0.003 1 to 300 75.12 65.94 46.66
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UV Transmittance with MBR Pilot Test Effluent
► 65% required at POTW
► Biologically treated waste had 0% transmittance
► Activated sludge showed sub-65% UV-T
► Testing program to raise leachate to 65% UV-T
Sample Date No dilution 1:100 dilution 1:200 dilution
8/29/2013 0.00% 49.20% 70.20%
9/25/2013 0.00% 40.80% 64.80%
9/30/2013 0.00% 40.60% 64.50%
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Testing Program
► Bench scale
► Pilot scale treatment tests
▪ at CEC,
▪ other treatability labs,
▪ at landfills
► Leachate contained recalcitrant organics
▪ leachate effluents are resistant to further biological treatment (BOD/COD < 0.1)
► Test: ozone, ozone and hydrogen peroxide, Fenton’s Reagent oxidation, Sulfate radical, Titanium catalyst AOP, and membrane nanofiltration
► Discarded carbon adsorption, reverse osmosis, and electrocoagulation
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UV-T after ozone and ozone/H2O
2 treatment
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Imp
rovem
ent
in U
V-T
Time, min
Ozone only
Ozone and hydrogen
peroxide
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COD after ozone and ozone/H2O
2 treatment
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
CO
D, m
g/L
Time, min
Ozone only Ozone and hydrogen peroxide
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Ozone and Ozone/Hydrogen Peroxide Color Change
Color change of biologically treated leachate with various
oxidants (left to right: before oxidation, with ozone only, and
with ozone and hydrogen peroxide)
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Fenton’s Reagent
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20
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100
120
200 250 300 350 400 450 500
Tra
nsm
itta
nce
, %
Wavelength, nm
No treatment
30 min
120 min
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Fenton’s Reagent Color Change
Leachate before Fenton’s (left) and post-Fenton’s leachate (120
min reaction time) after 30 minutes of settling (right).
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Nanofiltration
. Leachate color before and after nanofiltration and resin (absorber) steps
Comparison of leachate color before and
after nanofiltration
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Membrane Alternatives
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
UV
-T
Leachate dilution ratio in effluent with 65% UV-T
Ahlstrom Disruptor
Ozone, 7 hrs
Hydronautics
Hydronautics + Disruptor
Trisep
Trisep + Disruptor
RO membrane
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Evaluation Criteria
Heading Multiplier Comment
Effluent treatment 100 Meets Effluent requirements
Commercially Availability 10 Fundamental.
Construction 10 Equipment Delivery and Construction
Operability (ease of) 8 Ease of Operation
Hydraulic Variability (ability to
manage) 5 Feed tank should buffer this.
Waste Loading Variability (ability
to manage) 5 Feed tank should buffer this.
Chemical Storage & Delivery
(extent, hazard, DG compliance
requirements, complexity)
7 Impacts footprint and distances to premises
boundaries; System security.
Secondary Waste 6 Was secondary waste created? If so, what is the
difficulty and cost to manage?
Footprint (small) 4 Critical for this site.
Power Requirement (low) 7 Small flows - all relatively low.
Capital Cost (low) 9
O&M Cost (low) 9 Can override capital over a long period of
operation.
Start-up Period (low) 3 This is intended to be "initial commissioning".
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Comparative Ranking of Alternatives (higher better)
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Pump and Haul(raw leachate)
Pretreatment ;Ozone;
Absorber
Pretreatment;Nanofiltration;
Absorber
Pretreatment;Fenton's
Reagent PlusAbsorber
Pretreatment;Absorber
Pretreatment;Forcemain
Re
lati
ve R
ank
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Construction Progress - May 2013
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Construction Progress – June - July 2013
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Construction Progress – Fall 2013
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Construction Prgress December 2013
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Construction Progress January 2014
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Construction Progress – March 2014 Treatment Bldg
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Construction Progress March 2014 –Aeration Tanks
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Construction Progress – April 2014
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Construction Progress - May 2014
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Construction Progress – May 2014
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Startup – May 2014
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Construction Status – June 2014
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Startup - July 2014 – Process Flow
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Progress – July 2014 – Solids Processing
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Startup – August 2014
-We Make Sludge!
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Startup Challenges
► Operator Transition & Philosophy
► Foam
► Temperature
► Pump Issues
► UV – Pipeline to Mississippi River WWTP
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Weather and Power Outage Protection
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Clarifier Removes 75% solids
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Effluent Acceptance by MSD
► BOD:
▪ 30,000 mg/l 34 mg/l = 99.932% removal
► COD
▪ 55,000 mg/l 2,200 mg/l = 96% removal
► Metals – All under limits
► Metals Permit, mg/l Acceptance Test, mg/l
▪ Arsenic 0.4 0.0529
▪ Chromium 5.0 0.0298
▪ Copper 2.7 0.247
▪ Iron 150 2.7
▪ Lead 0.4 0.0082
▪ Nickel 2.3 0.0359
▪ Zinc 3.0 0.0595
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Conclusion
►Be aware of non-traditional leachate concerns
►High strength leachate 65% UV-T is challenging
►Numerous technologies available
►NF - 1,000 Dalton cutoff may not work in every
location – may need “loose” RO
►Multiple serial technologies may be required
►UV lamp replacement with newer technology
lamps at POTW may be an alternative
►Bench and pilot tests recommended
▪ Each leachate is different!
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Questions?
Overcoming UV Interference in Leachate Discharges
Ivan Cooper, PE, BCEE
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
Olya S. Keen, PE, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC