Desalinating landfill leachate
THE CHALLENGE
The City of Cape Town needed a leachate treatment plant at their Vissershok landfill site. Highly contaminated landfill leachate is treated to a quality suitable to be released to a nearby river.
OUR SOLUTION
PROXA executed the pilot phase project, process design and provided technical operations assistance to the city.
HOW PROXA ADDED VALUE
The plant is the first plant in the southern hemisphere desalinating landfill leachate with spiral osmosis membranes at this plant capacity.
FEED WATER
Highly contaminated landfill leachate
PRODUCT WATER
Compliant water for discharge.
PERFORMANCE TARGET
800 kl/day
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
PROXA has a proven track record in delivering and operating systems capable of treating variable effluent mine water, working with all stakeholders to ensure the protection of the environment.
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