Kincardine's new leachate treatment plant up and running
By: Liz Dadson
February 26, 2017
The leachate treatment plant is up and running at the Kincardine Waste Management Centre in Armow.
The $1.7-million facility was officially opened in the fall, as municipal councillors and staff, along with members of the media, took a tour of the plant, courtesy of Shamus Anderson, water and wastewater supervisor.
Drawing leachate from the landfill site, the plant uses a biological process to treat up to 55,000 litres per day. The process basically converts the contaminants into solids which are settled out of the liquid. That liquid is then discharged into a stormwater pond where it is further filtered naturally and then, eventually, works its way into the North Penetangore River and to the lake. The sludge and solids are dumped into the landfill site.
Anderson said this state-of-the-art treatment facility is the only one of its kind in Bruce County. It replaces the trucking of leachate from the landfill site to the sewer lagoons in the Town of Kincardine, which had become a costly process.
“This is far more effective and efficient,” said Anderson.
The process mixes methanol, phosphoric acid and aluminum sulphate with the leachate to settle the solids and clear off the liquid. It's not a pleasant facility to stand around in as the odour can be quite pungent. However, once you move from
the mixing chambers to the clarifying tank and into the office, the air is clearer.
Anderson has six operators who can work in this facility. The plant is operated through a computerized system that monitors all the inputs and outputs and provides data reports every day. If there is a problem, an alarm will sound, and steps are taken to rectify the situation.
Kincardine mayor Anne Eadie thanked the staff for the hard work in getting this facility up and running.
“With this plant in operation, the municipality has less risk, less cost and it's more environmentally-friendly,” she said, adding that the project was completed with the assistance of a federal government Economic Action Plan grant.
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