Production and management of leachate from municipal landfills: summary and assessment. Final report Sep 79-Mar 82

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6663375

Lu, J C.S.; Eichenberger, B; Stearns, R J; Melnyk, I

An assessment was made to evaluate production and management of leachate from municipal landfills for purposes of identifying practical information and techniques which may be useful to design engineers and site operators. Also assessed were: advantages, limitations, and comparative costs of various approaches for the estimation and mitigation of environmental and public health impacts, management options, and additional research needs on the generation, control, and monitoring of landfill leachates. Numerous mathematical models have been proposed for estimating leachate generation and are usually based on the water balance method. Several models have been proposed which are fairly successful in simulating the change in leachate strength with increasing landfill age or cummulative leachate volume. A zone of saturation monitoring program is established to give a prompt indication of ground water contamination.

• Research Organization: Calscience Research Inst., Huntington Beach, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6663375
• Report Number(s): PB-84-187913
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

510500* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CONTROL
DESIGN
DISSOLUTION
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROLOGY
LEACHING
MANAGEMENT
MUNICIPAL WASTES
OPERATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SEWAGE
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL