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City of Brownood, TX Leachate Evaporation
- Location:
- Brownwood, Texas
- End User(s):
- City of Brownwood Landfill
- Sector(s):
- On-site
- Landfill(s):
- City of Brownwood Landfill
- Landfill Size:
- 1.3 million tons waste-in-place (2003)
- Project Type:
- Leachate Evaporation
- Project Size:
- 300 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm)
- Environmental Benefits:
- Carbon sequestered annually by 7,600 acres of pine or fir forests, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 6,800 passenger vehicles, or carbon dioxide emissions from 82,600 barrels of oil consumed. Annual energy savings equate to heating 1,000 homes. Estimated emissions reductions of 0.0097 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.
- Last Updated:
- 7/7/2010