Treatment of landfill leachate at publicly owned treatment works

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6333391

James, S C; Schuk, W W

The project investigated the discharge of landfill leachate into a municipal waste-water collection system with subsequent treatment at the municipal treatment plant. This article points out that leachates from disposal sites can be mixed with municipal waste-water and treated by waste-water treatment plants using secondary aerobic treatment. Leachates are effluents, high in organic content and in many instances similar to industrial effluents. In order for a wastewater treatment plant to accept this type of effluent, the following conditions must be met. First, air supply and oxygen-transfer capacity must be sufficient to maintain aerobic conditions within the aeration basin with the increase in organic loads. Second, sufficient nutrient concentrations (especially phosphorus) must be observed in order to maintain necessary operating conditions.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (USA). Water Engineering Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6333391
• Report Number(s): PB-87-185427/XAB; EPA-600/J-86/351
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AERATION
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LEACHATES
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MIXTURES
NONMETALS
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHORUS
POLLUTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SOLUTIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER TREATMENT PLANTS