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68 crore litre leachate to be treated
According to recent study conducted by the environmental experts about 68 crore leachate had accumulated at dump yard. The massive accumulation of leachate has been not only contaminating the ground water but also six lakes around the area.
Hyderabad: Environmental experts from Osmania University have come up with a new technology to treat leachate produced due to garbage dumping.
According to recent study conducted by the environmental experts about 68 crore leachate had accumulated at dump yard. The massive accumulation of leachate has been not only contaminating the ground water but also six lakes around the area.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has been dumping about 4,500 metric tonnes of garbage at Jawaharnagar dump yard. The waste management has been leaving out a crucial part of garbage. Leachate, the contaminated liquid that drains through waste, is a huge challenge to deal with.
Leachate is known to cause significant threat to surface water and groundwater. From 2001 to till date 68 crore litres of leachate has been accumulated at the dump yard exposing the residents to health related risk.
Talking to The Hans India C Venkateshwarlu, environmental expert from Osmania University said there was no standard operating procedure as far as leachate was concerned.
Venkateswarlu said that this had made him to find out a new technology to treat leachate called 'CV Technology' which has been patented under his name.
He said several eco-friendly, non-hazardous, non-toxic and eatable chemicals would be used to treat the leachate. The environmental expert said that he cannot reveal the names of the chemicals and the procedure followed as of now since the approval for the project has been pending with the corporation.
The environmental expert said that it would cost about Rs 40 crore to treat the leachate. He said that the project once initiated would be completed in four months.
"Once the treatment of leachate is completed farmers living in the neighbourhood can cultivate the land and ground contamination would be decreased by at least 80 per cent", he said.
Venkateshwarlu also said that once the leachate would be treated once in a week after the project to ensure non-contamination of surface and ground water. He said that the approval has been pending with civic body and the project would likely begin by December second week.
