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Executive Summary

This Case Study is an example of a landfill gas (LFG) utilization project undertaken on a medium-sized, municipal landfill that collects primarily residential, institutional and commercial waste. The Site is owned by the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (RMOW) and has been accepting waste for more than 30 years. With the closing of the Kitchener Landfill, this site now serves a population base of approximately 450,000 people in the cities of Waterloo, Kitchener, and Cambridge, in the province of Ontario.


Site Information

Start of Landfill (Year): 1972
Closing of Landfill (Year/year expected): 2023
TotalSite area (hectares): 126.5
Area Designated for Land Filling (hectares): 71.1
Estimated site Capacity at Time of Site Closure (Million tons): 12
Estimated Capacity of Waste in Place (2003)(Million tons): 4.8
Annual Waste Disposal Quantity (1000 tons): 152
Installed capacity: 3.7 MW expandable to 555 MW

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