Leachate indicators of an elevated temperature landfill.

ABSTRACT: Elevated temperature landfills (ETLFs) are municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills that have been impacted by subsurface exothermic reactions (SERs) and display unusual gas and leachate composition. Leachate quantity and quality data were analyzed to identify indicators of a SER at an ETLF in Ohio, USA. ETLF leachate generation increased from 2.04 to 14.4 m³/hectare-day (218 to 1,539 gallons/acre-day), peaking 16 months after the reaction was first noticed. The leachate generation rate for this ETLF remains about two times greater than the average Ohio MSW landfill. Several general parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity (EC), and total dissolved solids (TDS) remain impacted 5 years later. Similarly, metals such as arsenic, iron, calcium, potassium, and magnesium have incre

SUBMITTER: Krause MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11079953 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature