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. 2023 Nov 10;30(57):120994–121006. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-30934-6

Table 2.

Comparison of alternative management options for tertiary treatment of landfill leachates

Method On-site area required Staff workload Need for additional treatment step before and/or after the proposed technology Expected effluent quality Production of by-products Energy consumption (kWh/m3) GHG emissions (kg CO2eq/d) Operational cost of the technology (€/m3) Annual operational cost (€/year)
Transport to centralized WWTP No No No Suitable for irrigation or discharge to the environment (COD < 125 mg/L, BOD < 25 mg/L, TSS < 35 mg/L) Sewage sludge production 0.61 30.2 4 18,200
Reverse osmosis Small (<100 m2) Medium (daily) Filtration with a sand filter Suitable for irrigation or discharge to the environment (COD < 10 mg/L, BOD < 5 mg/L, TSS < 5 mg/L) Production of particularly burdened condensate (17-25% supply) 0.462–0.563 6.91–8.41 0.98–4.114 8940–37,500
Granular activated carbon Small (<100 m2) Medium (daily) Filtration with a sand filter or flocculation Suitable for irrigation or discharge to the environment (COD < 70 mg/L, BOD < 10 mg/L, TSS < 5 mg/L) Obligation of periodic regeneration of saturated activated carbon 0.373 5.56 1.325 12,045
Ozonation Small (<100 m2) Medium (daily) Sand filter filtration and biological treatment as final stage Suitable for irrigation or discharge to the environment (COD < 125 mg/L, BOD < 10 mg/L, TSS < 5 mg/L) - 39.196 58 8.6 6.07 54,750
Photo-Fenton Small (<100 m2) Medium (daily) Flocculation and biological treatment as final stage Suitable for irrigation or discharge to the environment8 (COD < 125 mg/L, BOD < 10 mg/L, TSS < 5 mg/L) Sludge production8 7.586 113.9 2.5–5.18 22,800–46,500
Constructed wetlands Medium (2.000–3.000 m2) Low (once a week) Disposal in evaporation pond as final stage Not suitable for irrigation or discharge to the environment (COD < 250 mg/L, BOD < 25 mg/L, TSS < 35 mg/L) - - 12.55 (FWS)9, 8.78 (HSSF)9 0.1 915

1Current study

2Holloway et al. (2016)

3Tow et al. (2021)

4Chen et al. (2021)

5Oloibiri et al. (2017)

6Information taken from Table S1

7Gomes et al. (2020)

8Gomes et al. 2019

9Information taken from Table S2