Biological treatment of leachate from a Superfund site
Studies were completed on treating a leachate from New Lyme, Ohio. The leachate was transported to Cincinnati, Ohio, where a pilot-sized rotating biological contactor (RBC) was used for a treatment evaluation. The biomass was developed on the RBC discs with primary effluent from the City of Cincinnati's Mill Creek Sewage Treatment Facility. Experiments were then conducted to determine the effectiveness of treating a hazardous waste leachate and to provide information on the following: the rate of organics removal; the final effluent quality; the fate of priority pollutants and specific organic compounds; and the loss of volatiles via stripping in the RBC. The paper reports on the results from these experiments and the applicability of an RBC to treat a hazardous-waste leachate from a Superfund site.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (USA). Hazardous Waste Engineering Research Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 5859096
- Report Number(s):
- PB-89-197768/XAB; EPA-600/J-89/001
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Pub. in Environmental Progress, Vol. 8, No. 1, 12-18(Feb 1989)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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510200* - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
520200 - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)