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WESTMORELAND SANITARY LANDFILL PROPOSES $5 MILLION INVESTMENT FOR ONSITE WATER TREATMENT
The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill has submitted a proposal to the Department of Environmental Protection for onsite water treatment. If accepted, the project would produce a leachate quality that far exceeds government standards.
Leachate is the liquid that drains or 'leaches' from a landfill. Leachate from WSL was previously treated at the Belle Vernon Municipal Authority. In May of 2019, the BVMA announced it could no longer manage new quality thresholds proposed by the EPA. Since then, the leachate has been collected and hauled offsite for treatment.
Now, Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, an industry leader in environmental protection, has decided to invest nearly $5 million to treat water on site, which will then exceed government standards.
Components including advanced filtration and an evaporator will be part of the capital investment. Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill recognizes the importance of cutting edge of environmental safety, because this is our backyard too. Nearly all of our employees and contractors live and work in this community. WSL supports higher EPA standards for water quality and is committed to being part of the solution.
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NOBLE ENVIRONMENTAL BRINGING
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY TO LANDFILLS
Noble Environmental Inc. and Evodos B.V. have agreed to an initial six-month rental period for one containerized CSO unit. This first CSO unit will be part of a pilot project to recover valuable Oil Based Mud [...]
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Video available at WestmorelandSLF.com
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WESTMORELAND SANITARY LANDFILL &
CTE AWARENESS FOUNDATION
Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill is proud to support the Patrick Risha CTE Awareness Foundation, a non-profit organization creating awareness about causes, treatments and prevention.
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YOUNG ENGINEER EXCITED
ABOUT BIOFUEL OPPORTUNITIES
Jodi Desak, 32, of Monessen, is a chemical engineer at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill. She graduated from Monessen High School and Carnegie Mellon University and now oversees a multimillion dollar project that will improve greenhouse emissions by collecting landfill gas and converting it into valuable natural gas that will power natural gas vehicles.
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NOBLE ENVIRONMENTAL BRINGING
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY TO LANDFILLS
Noble Environmental Inc. and Evodos B.V. have agreed to an initial six-month rental period for one containerized CS0 unit. This first CS0 unit will be part of a pilot project to recover valuable Oil Based Mud from drill cuttings that are collected from locations in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Initial pilot plant will be located in West Virginia.
The drill cuttings arriving from the drilling pads will first be processed with a Vertical Cuttings Dryer (VCD). This first stage is to separate the valuable oil based mud from the rock portion of the drill cuttings. The rock portion of the cuttings will then be landfilled.
The recovered fluids after the VCD are loading with hard to remove ultra-fine solids, which make the fluid useless. The Evodos patented technology will remove these ultra-fines, down to 1 micron, which will result in a valuable recovered fluid that is able to be returned to a drilling rig for reuse in drilling operations.
The goal of this pilot project is to prove this model successful and set-up several drill cuttings processing facilities, each equipped with multiple Evodos units.
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This will enable Noble Environmental to recover large volumes of quality drilling fluids normally lost in the drill cuttings disposal process. The processed fluid will be returned to the drill rig for reuse in operations, ultimately benefiting both the driller and the landfill.
WESTMORELAND SANITARY LANDFILL
& CTE AWARENESS FOUNDATION
Pictured above: Family members of Nobel Environmental team members with Karen Kinzle Zegel, mother of Patrick Risha and founder of the Patrick Risha CTE Awareness Foundation along with forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht.
Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill is proud to support the Patrick Risha CTE Awareness Foundation, a non-profit organization creating awareness about causes, treatments and prevention. CTE is an acronym for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. It is a progressive brain disease which is believed to be caused by repeated blows to the head. Young
athletes and their parents may not be aware of the dangers they face during practice and play. Friends and family of Patrick Risha lost him in September, 2014. His autopsy revealed widespread CTE. According to the foundation website, Risha was an All-Conference running back at Elizabeth Forward High School, a star post-graduate at Deerfield Academy,
and a dedicated teammate at Dartmouth College. Throughout high school, prep school and college, this tough young running back received enough blows to the head to essentially seal his fate.
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