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BIO- REMEDIATION PROJECT FOR EXISTING LANDFILL AT PIRANA
AHMADABAD
UNDER
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AHMADABAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
Technical Proposal
We are pleased to present for your consideration the following Preliminary Proposal for the remediation
of: Solid Waste landfills located at Pirana Ahmadabad , utilizing state-of-the-science bioremediation
technologies, as follows:
Alcoa Green Tech India Pvt Ltd and D4 Energy Group, Inc. (“D4”), a company formed and organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, with principal offices at 12100
Singletree Lane, Ste. 181, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (www.d4energy.com), offers the following proposal for
the management and implementation of The D4 Energy “bacterial remediation” program. The program is
site customized and can be employed for any land area contaminated by organic carbon materials of
virtually any composition.
In this proposal, the offering is a processed based, project management
contract for the “clean-up” of an existing municipal solid waste (MSW) “dump” with the purpose of
returning the land area to the community for beneficial recreational or commercial uses.
The “Remediation Project” is envisioned as being comprised of three (3) separate, but coordinated
PHASES. Each phase will be carried out with the cooperation and support of the community and the
Amhmdabad Municipal Corporation.
The scientific basis for the remediation program has been developed by Dr. Vitalii S. Prokhorov, Ph.D.and
others, over decades of carefully focused study, field testing, and process optimization. The program is
based on the controlled conversion of an “anaerobic” biological process to one based on an “aerobic”
bacterial population.
None of the micro-organisms used in the process are engineered or modified in any way. They are all
naturally occurring organisms that have been collected and combined in such a way as to optimize the
performance for the specific purpose of landfill and contaminated soil clean-up and remediation.
The process components are comprised of: 1] A carefully selected bacterial “cocktail” and 2] a
customized, mechanical treatment control protocol. The timing, schedule and project implementation
specifics, as well as, the associated costs are site specific to each individual project. Cost determination
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is dependent on the site logistics, landfill morphology, waste components, geology, and terrain, as well as
the local climate/weather. A typical clean-up, including chemicals, bacteria, equipment and manpower
will be expected to be completed in 2 to 8 months. The project design and treatment protocols of the
remediation program will be determined and detailed in accordance with the data collected and confirmed
during the Phase 1 demonstration and in consultation with project sponsors, clients and community
stakeholders.
The full bioremediation project will be conducted in multiple phases with the purpose of optimizing
performance and minimizing costs.
Project Development –PHASE 1:
The project team will travel to the target Landfill site, meet with local officials, stakeholders and project
sponsors. During this visit the team will survey and analyze the designated, separate municipal landfill
sites. This Phase will determine the type, site density and thereafter the intensity of the treatment needed
to meet the defined and agreed goals of the local communities and the project team. Local authorities of
the participating municipalities should provide to the project team the exact site location, cadastral
information and detail of each of the participating municipal landfills.
Once approved this preliminary proposal is accepted and proper funds are allocated and appropriated by
the Municipal Corporation, the following tasks will be undertaken with a start date within an estimated 4
weeks from the date of execution of the contract:
i)
Travel for the purpose of face to face meetings with the participating public entities, including:
Site(s) survey & analysis, review of municipal landfill morphology, composition, volume,
depth, area, topography, logistical capabilities & challenges, utilities, and physical access.
ii)
Formal sampling and lab testing of materials.
iii) MSW (or other materials) collection and delivery logistics.
iv) Inspection, review, analysis of each utility supply (power, water, sewer, communication).
v) Inspection, review & analysis of energy product distribution infrastructure.
vi) Close review of Political support by each relevant governmental and municipal entity and
agency.
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vii) Submission and discussion of legal documentation with focus on modifications needed for
local agreement and execution on the potential use of the municipal properties after
undergoing the remediation process.
viii) Execution of detailed and substantive agreements required for submission to funding entities.
ix) Project ownership structure determined, agreed to, formalized, documented & executed.
Phase 1 Deliverables:
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Summary of the data collected to demonstrate a logical basis for further discussion. Summary
of each formal laboratory analysis.
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Report on findings regarding the overall projected operation. Areas of interest and concern
would be discussed in detail with possible follow-up activities by the appropriate team
members and entities.
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Project Recommendations process & protocol design.
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Recommendations to begin immediately, delay until “conditions improve” or abandon the
project as unfeasible.
In conjunction with Phase 1 of the bioremediation project it is the intention of the cooperative consortium,
at the insistence of Dr. Prokhorov, to initiate an academic course of study on microbiology, bioremediation
and hazardous waste clean-up.
The short term goal is to provide real world, field experience for
engineering / environmental science students and registered engineers as interns and perhaps active
participants in the process. The long term goal is the establishment of a university level course of study
in cooperation with (the institution selected – environmental ministry), based on Dr. Prokhorov’s work in
the field and in the industry.
For such reason, the institution selected (i.e. environmental ministry) should appoint at least one well
known professional with prior experience in solid waste handling issues to coordinate this effort and the
cooperation steps needed to make the best use of the herein proposed learning process and transfer of
technology.
Project Implementation – PHASE 2:
The process details, treatment protocol, scheduling, manpower and equipment requirements for each
proposed site will be detailed in the final report generated at the completion of PHASE1.
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The general purpose of PHASE 2 is to implement the remediation of the targeted municipal waste
disposal sites located within Pirana Ahmedabad utilizing the advanced technologies briefly described in
the following pages. The land fill site shall be cleared off from the debris, mud, & C&D waste and shall be
handed over to Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation for further disposal. The organic waste like plastics,
rubber, leather etc. are collected and baled (~1 ton/bale) and stored for future conversion to renewable
energy products, if desired. As mentioned above, the final cost for PHASE 2 will be defined once survey
report is finalized.
Project Implementation – PHASE 3:
The process of opening a new waste handling alternative to traditional municipal sanitary land filling
through the use of advanced technologies, to be defined in documents under separate cover.
PROCESS & PROTOCOL DISCUSSION
The natural processes in a typical landfill are those depicted in the following diagram:
Typical Organic Waste Landfill Biological Process& Chemistry
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Naturally occurring anaerobic bacterial strains, breakdown the various organic compounds, in the
oxygen starved environment within the landfill mass. This process generates the greenhouse gas,
methane and offensive odorous sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl
disulfide, meth-anethiol, carbon disulfide, and carbonyl sulfide).
Organic Landfill Biological Activity Diagram
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Bacterial Breakdown Output of Organic Landfill Wastes
With the application of the D4 Energy bioremediation protocol the bacterial activity within the
municipal landfill mass is converted from the natural anaerobic processes to “aerobic” as
depicted in the following diagram:
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Biological Treatment Process
The customized “cocktail” mixture of bacteria, enzymes and nutrients are injected into the landfill mass
along with air (O2).
The products of the process are sampled and tested to insure that the remediation is progressing as
planned. Adjustments to the treatment mixture and injection rates can be modified if needed to control
the process and optimize the outcome.
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Injection Site Prep for Bacteria/Enzyme/Nutrient “Cocktail”
Typical Injection&Process Monitoring Ports
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ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF THE REMEDIATION PROCESS
The remediation process will help to drastically reduce and even to eliminate the following
negative externalities created in the normal landfill operation:
a) Emissions of Methane Gas (CH4) and other odious gases which are generated from
typical MSW deposits.
b) Generation of contaminated leachate which is normally present in all MSW deposits.
c) Infestation by insects and other pests & vermin
An additional environmental benefit compared with the traditional methods where machinery
and heavy equipment, requiring fossil fuels are used, is the use of the “cocktail” and drilling
processes at each specific site, through an easily sustainable, cost effective method.
Furthermore, at the end of the remediation process there is certainly the possibility of “reutilizing” the recovered materials for recycling process with substantial benefits to the
environment, which so far no other traditionally known method will provide.
Make note that the same process and protocols could be applied at any landfill, nationwide
where municipal solid wastes (“MSW”) or other organic carbon wastes have been deposited,
and remedial action is deemed desirable.
ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE REMEDIATION PROCESS:
The remediation process eliminates the negative externalities present in the traditional
municipal landfills (among others Methane Gas ((CH4) generation and leachates, thus allowing
the municipal authorities to redirect the previously contaminated land area to other beneficial
social purposes.
Such land recovery represents a significant economic benefit.
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authorities, at their discretion, may redirect the reclaimed land for many other alternative uses,
such as parks and other desirable community projects.
In addition, the cost of a remediation process proposed is, by far, less expensive for the local
municipalities, than any of the traditional, environmentally prudent methods in use today. The
cost reduction of such environmental process represents economic direct savings for the
budgets of the local economies.
Kherson,Ukraine–April 2009- 20 Years of Waste Land filled
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Cutaway Section Showing Depth of Deposits for Treatment
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September 2009 Photo Mass Reduction After 120 Days