We will no doubt hold another similar event at a future date, however, no date has yet been set for this.

If you would like information about our leachate treatment plants, or you have a specific leachate problem, we would be pleased to hear from you. Please use the Contact Form, on the Contact Us page on this blog, or phone using the number provided.

The route and leachate treatment plant sites chosen have changed since the earlier preliminary version, and this present route was only settled upon after much discussion.

The selection and number of sites is now at least as broad as in our preliminary route, but the mileage is lower, and the rest times for our coach driver match requirements much better. Time will tell whether we can achieve the visit and journey times allocated!

The final itinerary can be downloaded from the following link.

enviros-leachate-safari-2007-itinerary.pdf

Please remember to bring Personal Protective Clothing as stated on the Itinerary.

You will need Acrobat Reader installed to view and print this document.

We have also prepared a simple H&S Risk Assessment which, if you require it, can be downloaded from the following link:

enviros-safari-2007-risk-assessment-for-site-visits.doc

The Enviros Leachate Safari tour of operating UK leachate treatment plants, which we began publicising through this blog in April, has now passed the half full stage, and the rate of new registrations has been rising rapidly this week.

We are delighted to receive so many bookings this early, for the 27 and 28 June event. But, with still over a month before the event, we are bound to have to disappoint some applicants.

Unfortunately, we will only be able to take one coach full, so it is very much on a first come, first served, basis.

We have bookings from leachate plant operators and managers, of both present plants and future plants and for whom we are designing, procuring and commissioning new plants at present.

We also have Environment Agency regulatory staff joining us, and possibly SEPA and EPA (Ireland) attendees, will also be present.

There is likely to be at least one research student joining us as well.

So far, our visitors will be arriving from England, Ireland, and Sweden.

If you have registered for this email newsletter on the http://www.leachatesafari.com/ blog, and have been considering joining us, but have not yet registered using the form here then don’t delay! Act now to avoid disappointment! We would especially not want our early subscribers to miss out.

Register for your place here, before it is too late!

The two day Safari will be held on Wednesday 27 June and Thursday 28 June 2007.

The itinerary, which is subject to site operator confirmation, is summarised as follows:

DAY 1 – From Reed Beds for Treatment of Leachate Contaminated Groundwater to a Large “Design and Build” Leachate Treatment Plant

Pick ups from Birmingham Station and Birmingham Airport Car Park

Morning:

• Visit Midlands Leachate Reed Bed Treatment Plant (Site 1)

(Lunch: Sandwiches supplied en-route)

Afternoon:

• Visit a sophisticated Humberside Leachate Treatment Plant (Site 2)
• Visit an operating Leachate Methane Stripping Plant (Site 3)
• Visit a Leachate Treatment Plant in Lancashire (Site 4)

Evening Meal in historic Shrewsbury town restaurant (included in cost), meet and talk.

Overnight: Hotel in Shrewsbury, Shropshire Shrewsbury Sleep Inn Hotel (Pre-booked by Enviros when you register) and check-in (Each delegate pays for own accommodation on arrival.)

DAY 2 - From the Smallest Leachate Treatment Plant Operating (a Wheely bin - Trial!) to the Biggest/Highest Contaminant Loading UK Leachate Treatment Plant

Morning:

• View a current Leachate Treatability Trial in progress.
• View a Leachate (Nitrification) Treatment Plant in North Wales (Site 5)
• View a small Leachate Treatment Plant (Site 6) (plus a possible additional Leachate Treatment Plant visit - if time permits)

(Lunch: Sandwiches supplied en-route)

Afternoon: 

• Visit a large Merseyside Leachate Treatment Plant - the Biggest/Highest Contaminant Loading UK Leachate Treatment Plant (Site 7)

After the Merseyside visit we will return to Birmingham Airport Car Park and also provide a Drop Off at Birmingham International Railway Station.

Please do register EARLY, to avoid disappointment. The Safari is being extensively advertised and spaces are limited to just one coach.

The plants shown are all either operational plants or leachate treatment projects in progress.

This will be the third leachate “Safari” we have held.

Comments on the previous safaris were very favourable. Come with us to see these sites, put your questions to plant operators and get a unique insight into successful landfill leachate management.

If you have arrived here already, we are not sure how you found us, but we are planning a Safari for June 2007.

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