Leachate characterization and landfill-management implications. Final report
The Seneca Meadows sanitary landfill in Waterloo, New York, is permitted to manage 660,000 tons of municipal and non-hazardous industrial wastes annually. The approximate 100-acre facility consists of an older, unlined section bounded by nine discrete cells with compacted clay liners and leachate collection systems. Cells are divided into two or three subcells, each of which contain a discrete leachate collection system. Specific conductance, temperature, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and pH were measured biweekly in samples collected from 18 subcells during the period July 1987 to July 1988. Spatial variability in leachate chemistry was high, with adjacent subcells varying as much as 100-fold in BOD concentrations. Data indicate that refuse buried in the newer cells at the Seneca Meadows Landfill is not decomposing rapidly; refuse stabilization appears to be delayed by a lack of sufficient moisture in the refuse mass. In several subcells it appears that the older portions of the landfill are the source of high-strength leachate. In some of the newer subcells, however, groundwater appears to be the major source of moisture.
- Research Organization:
- State Univ. of New York, Oswego, NY (United States). Research Center
- OSTI ID:
- 5202184
- Report Number(s):
- PB-92-174176/XAB
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also PB-239 778 and PB-298 280. Sponsored by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Albany
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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