This year, LMS and Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management Agency (BVSWMA) received approval from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to operate a using vetiver grass at BVSWMA’s closed Rock Prairie Road Landfill near College Station, Texas. The system is designed to pump leachate generated from the landfill to a phyto field where it is […]
LMS’s senior project manager Eric Wiediger recently wrote an article about the comprehensive approach to landfill management by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County in Illinois. LMS collaborated with the Forest Preserve District and Ecolotree Inc with the installation of a leachate Phyto-Utilization™ system using Ecolotree’s ETCap® technology. Check out the article here!
LMS worked with New Product Consulting, Inc to develop a short animated video about the Wind-Aided Intensified eVaporation (WAIV™) system to introduce the technology and show how it can dispose of large volumes of leachate. Check it out:
Our senior project manager Eric Wiediger recently wrote an article about Natural Systems for leachate management for Waste Advantage Magazine. Check out the article here.
LMS recently received approval from the Kentucky DEP to install and operate a Wind-Aided Intensified eVaporation system to dispose of leachate at a landfill in the state. WAIV™ is an innovative technology originally used in the global desalination industry that strategically uses wind energy to evaporate large amounts of landfill leachate and industrial wastewater. Learn […]
Leachate Management Specialists was invited to speak at the Global Waste Management Symposium (GWMS) being held in California in February 2018. LMS will be presenting a case study of how WCA Waste Corporation avoided permanent cut off from a local wastewater treatment plant through effective communication and technical support for strong H2S odors in leachate. […]
LMS is pleased to bring a new hybrid poplar Phyto-Utilization™ system to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County in Illinois. This sustainable and cost-saving technology will benefit the environment and the community. It is a privilege working with the whole project team. Check out this linked Chicago Tribune article to learn about the project!
This past summer, LMS and WCA Waste Corporation installed a 4.5-acre leachate Phyto-Utilization™ system using vetiver grass at WCA’s Fort Bend Regional Landfill in southeast Texas. The system is designed to pump leachate generated from the municipal waste landfill to the phyto field where it is distributed to rows of vetiver plants. The plants consume […]
LMS recently received approval from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) for a vetiver Phyto-Utilization™ system at a construction and demolition landfill in central Florida. This is the first of its kind to be permitted in the state. The system is scheduled to be installed next year.
In July 2017, Brad Granley from LMS was invited to speak about the WAIV™ wind evaporation system at an international conference focused on environmental and wastewater technologies in Shanghai, China. Attendees of the Conference of Anhui Environmental Technology Industrial Park were from governmental agencies and private industry. Brad spoke about how WAIV™ works and the […]