Chesterfield officials: leachate must meet pretreatment limits before sewer acceptance
County staff told the board that Chesterfield has published pretreatment criteria and revoked the landfill's permit after untreated leachate harmed the county's wastewater plant; moving leachate into the county sewer will require design changes and payment by the trustee or operator.
The full story
Chesterfield County staff told the board the county maintains published pretreatment criteria and a network of pretreatment facilities that can accept industrial flows if those flows meet county limits. "We revoked their permit," County staff member said, describing prior enforcement action after untreated leachate caused high ammonia and fouled the county wastewater treatment plant.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.
Keep reading for free
Create a free account to finish this story and see the video, transcript and key details.
Continue with GoogleContinue with emailAlready have an account? Log in