Guidance on monitoring of landfill leachate, groundwater and
surface water
This report provides guidance on best
practice for monitoring of landfill leachate, groundwater and
surface water at licensed/permitted landfill sites. It is provided
as guidance for SEPA staff, landfill operators and practitioners.
The principles in this document will also be of value to new
landfill developments that require monitoring as part of an
environmental assessment for planning purposes. Some of the
principles will have relevance for monitoring of landfill sites
which are closed and unlicensed.
The principal aims of this guidance document
are:
- to provide technical guidance for monitoring of leachate,
groundwater and surface water for waste management licensing and
PPC permitting purposes and to comply with the Landfill
Regulations;
- to describe how risk assessment principles should be used to
design monitoring programmes and focus monitoring effort;
- to provide guidance for Scotland which conforms with the
monitoring requirements of the:
- to provide monitoring guidance within the context of an overall
catchment-based water protection strategy (EU Water Framework
Directive).
- Guidance
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