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==== Leachate, groundwater and surface water monitoring ==== | ==== Leachate, groundwater and surface water monitoring ==== | ||
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The specific reasons for leachate, groundwater and surface water monitoring at landfills are: | |||
* to demonstrate that the landfill is performing as designed; | |||
* to provide reassurance that leachate controls are preventing pollution of the environment (by reference to a pre-established baseline); | |||
* to meet the control and monitoring requirements of legislation and in particular Regulations 14 and 15, as well as Schedule III, of the Landfill Regulations, this includes the requirement for control monitoring; | |||
* to demonstrate compliance with the Groundwater Control and Trigger level requirements of Schedule 3 of the Landfill Regulations; | |||
* to indicate whether further investigation is required and, where the risks are unacceptable, the need for measures to prevent, reduce or remove pollution by leachate; | |||
* to identify when a site no longer presents a significant risk of pollution or harm to human health (to enable an application for a certificate of completion to be made, and thereby formally end the licensing or permitting process and the legal duty to monitor). | |||
There is considerable published guidance available on how, when and why to undertake this monitoring. | |||
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