Leachate treatment: metals, organics and phenols in a single process
The ferrate process combines oxidation, coagulation and disinfection — exactly what landfill leachate needs by default.
Key pain points: landfills
What keeps you from compliance and cost cuts
Highly toxic leachate
A cocktail of metals, organics, phenols and drug residues — each component wants its own reagent class.
Variable composition
After rainfall and seasonal swings, concentrations vary by 5–20×. Traditional schemes can’t adapt fast enough.
Expensive remediation
Remediation programmes run on tight budgets. A single Ferrator replaces four separate process stages.
Environmental-authority fines
Any leachate exceedance triggers penalties and the risk of site shutdown.
The technology applied to your industry
At the Krasny Bor landfill we demonstrated that the ferrate process handles variable-composition leachate and brings water to municipal-discharge limits.
- Cd reduced 2,000×, Pb reduced 100×
- Organic toxicants destroyed (confirmed by chromatography)
- Dose adapts automatically to current leachate composition
- Class V sludge disposed of within the existing remediation programme
Krasny Bor landfill
A project at one of Russia’s most challenging hazardous-waste sites. The ferrate process handled variable leachate, cut cadmium and lead by orders of magnitude, and destroyed organic toxicants. Results were verified by chromatography.
Key metrics
- Cd
- 2,000× lower
- Pb
- 100× lower
- Organics
- destruction confirmed by chromatography
- Outcome
- municipal-discharge compliance
Calculate the savings for your site
The calculator is pre-filled with typical parameters for landfills. Adjust the numbers and get an annual savings estimate and payback period.
Frequently asked questions
The questions chief engineers and procurement directors usually ask.
Request a lab test for landfills
Send us 50–100 L of your effluent samples — we’ll test the dose and come back with a technical proposal and the numbers.