APPROPRIATE SITE SELECTION AND DESIGNING OF ENGINEERED LANDFILL- A CASE STUDY FOR AURANGABAD CITY

Abstract

Cities with more than 20 lakhs population cater to only 23% of the urban population, the dumpsites in these cities account for almost half (47%) of the total waste present in dumpsites of cities with more than 1 lakh population. These dumpsites are growing in size, becoming an eyesore for these cities, causing considerable social, economic and environmental losses to surroundings. In the here presented case study the identification and designing of engineered land fill sites at Aurangabad having 139 sq.km. area expanded with an population projection of 1.43 million persons in 2019. All the issues were taken into account covering all the guidelines in compliance with Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation manual 2016, Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, Swach Bharat Mission and Central Pollution Control Board. The objective is to present an evaluation of environmental and social impacts of the Integrated MSW management project with supporting information on baseline environment to assist AMC/developer to take an informed view on environmental and social sensitivity of the project and the level of required mitigations measures to meet environmental and social norms of the GoI. The criteria have been developed keeping in mind the proximity of many land-use facilities. The report also details the detailed layout plan with cost estimations and environmental monitoring programme that should be put in operation during construction and operation phases of the project to provide a timely feedback on the adequacy of recommended mitigation measures.