Our landfill gas collection system reduces greenhouse gas emissions by capturing landfill gas collected from decomposing landfill waste.

Aquatera has furthered this technology with our Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project. Technology at our Landfill converts this gas to energy, providing heat and electricity to our Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants. 

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How does it work? 

Our commitment to the environment and to our customers

Some of the key environmental values and benefits of the Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project include:

• Reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions by 63,000 tonnes on average annually - which is equivalent to removing 13,500 vehicles from our roads each year
• Producing an average of15.2 million kwh of electricity on landfill gas alone annually - which is enough energy to power 14,000 homes per year
• Producing approximately 33,000 GJ of heat annually, on landfill gas alone - which is enough to heat 200 homes per year
• Reducing Aquatera's overall power and heating costs - which is an estimated 10 year payback on facilities, and offers an opportunity to stabilize rates for our customers
• Improving air quality, and reducing odors at the landfill by minimizing the surface emission of methane gas