I’ve just released a brand-new PDF ebook: “Process Insights: A Designer’s Leachate Treatment Plant Design Secrets”
If you’re a consultant, water process engineer, or anyone who wants to confidently design real, regulator-ready landfill leachate treatment plants, this guide will fast-track your skills.
For just $17, you’ll get the exact roadmap I used over 30+ years to design more than 20 successful leachate treatment plants in the UK, Ireland, South Africa, Malaysia and beyond.
The result of a Career Built on Landfills, Leachate, and Solving Difficult Problems
I started my journey in 1971 at the University College of Swansea, studying Civil Engineering and Environmental Studies—with deep training in biochemistry, microbiology, and water chemistry. That foundation shaped my entire professional life.
Over 35+ years, I became:
A Chartered Civil Engineer
A Chartered Environmentalist
A Member of the ICE and CIWM
And eventually, a specialist known internationally for landfill leachate treatment plant design.
My career took me from the UK to Ireland, South Africa, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Cyprus, Vietnam, Latvia, India—and back again—working as a Leachate Treatment Specialist, Project Manager, and Design Lead on dozens of major landfill projects.
For more than 30 years, leachate treatment has been central to my life’s work.
Designing 20+ Full-Scale Leachate Treatment Plants Worldwide
I have been privileged to design or co-design over 20 full-scale Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) aerobic leachate treatment plants, including:
Arpley LTP (up to 400 m³/day)
Deep Moor, Skibeden, and Bryn Pica LTPs
Multiple WRG/FCC sites in Yorkshire & Derbyshire
Several South African plants (Marionnhill, Buffelsdraai, Vissershok)
Greengairs LTP for Shanks
LTPs for Viridor, Biffa, Amgen Cymru, and more
Many of these facilities included leachate treatability pilot trials, and nearly all required innovative thinking to meet strict consent limits using practical, operable technologies.
I worked extensively with SBR systems, extended aeration, reed bed polishing, and reverse osmosis—selecting the right process for each site’s quality, climate, and discharge requirements.
From Design to Teaching: Sharing Leachate Knowledge
For more than a decade (1999–2009), I also delivered the CIWM Annual Leachate Training Course, teaching:
Leachate characterisation
How leachate evolves over time
Groundwater pollution risks
Biological and physical treatment processes
Practical pilot trial methods
On-site leachate laboratory interpretation
This teaching work always reminded me how little specialised leachate knowledge is available to new engineers—even those already proficient in wastewater treatment.
Why I Wrote This Ebook
Now retired, after a rewarding career with Enviros/Aspinwall, SKM, and later running IPPTS Associates as a sole-trader consultant, I felt it was time to give back.
Leachate treatment is a niche discipline, and too often, younger engineers struggle due to the lack of accessible, practical guidance. Most textbooks barely touch the reality of designing for mixed MSW landfills, variable ammonia loads, seasonal flow cycles, and unpredictable chemistry.
This ebook is my attempt to change that.
Inside “Process Insights: A Designer’s Leachate Treatment Plant Design Secrets,” I share:
The exact design reasoning I used on real projects
My step-by-step pilot trial methodology
How to predict leachate flow and quality
How to turn pilot data into a full SBR design
The practical shortcuts and engineering judgements only acquired through decades of field experience
For a water process engineer who already understands biological treatment, this knowledge can be worth many thousands in project income. It certainly was for me.
But today, my goal isn’t to profit.
My goal is to help the next generation build better, cleaner, more reliable leachate treatment plants—and avoid the pitfalls that I’ve already lived through.
Where to Learn More and Access My Published Work
If you’d like to see examples of my past projects, including peer-reviewed papers and conference presentations with real leachate data and process results, visit my archive page here:
👉 https://ipptsassociates.co.uk/published-papers-a-resource-page-of-archived-articles/
And if you’d like to reach me directly with questions or comments, feel free to use the contact form here:
👉 https://ipptsassociates.co.uk
Giving Back to the Community That Defined My Career
The landfill and waste management industry has given me a lifetime of purpose, challenge, and professional satisfaction. I’ve worked with brilliant teams, solved fascinating problems, and helped develop safer, more sustainable landfills across the world.
Now it’s my turn to give something back.
I hope this ebook empowers you to advance your own career, deliver better projects for your clients, and continue raising the standards of leachate treatment design globally.
Thank you for being part of this industry that has meant so much to me.
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