Hyderabad: Finally, the GHMC makes a move to curb the release of leachate from the Jawaharnagar dumping yard. The GHMC has installed an insuit mobile unit to treat 2,000 kl per day for a month as part of a pilot project. This will help stop leachate seeping into the ground. The plate and the tube reverse osmosis advanced membrane system, developed by Rochem India, Mumbai, installs insuit mobile units.
The existing leachate in the Jawaharnagar site is estimated to be 6.50 lakh kl. The total quantity of leachate to be treated is 60,000 kl with a 75 per cent recovery of disposable water. The GHMC has permitted Rochem Seperation Systems to establish the mobile units.
“We have had sought permission from the PCB to stabilise the unit. The samples were tested by the PCB. All key parameters were found within the permissible limit as per the solid waste management rules, 2016,” said an official from the health and sanitation department of the GHMC. At Jawarharnagar, the permanent dumping yard of the GHMC, 6.50 lakh cubic metres of leachate have piled up to a height of 60 metres, covering the 102-acre landfill since 1995.
