HEMPSTED LANDFILL LEACHATE TREATMENT PLANT

Location: Adjacent to the River Severn, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
The Waste Company Limited (Now Viridor Waste Management)
2 No. Plants 2nd Plant - Operational: March 1996. Both plants are still in use as required.

Up to 280 m3/d of stronger leachate is treated to high standards using twin, covered SBR units and a polishing lagoon before discharge to the River Severn, subject to automated monitoring of effluent quality and a load-based consent.