Enhancing Landfill Leachate Recirculation System Performance
Publication: Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management
Volume 1, Issue 3
Abstract
Leachate recirculation is gaining popularity as an alternative to conventional single-pass leachate systems. Research has shown that leachate recirculation through a landfill can offer operational advantages such as enhanced microbiological treatment of leachate, increased landfill stabilization, and volume reduction of leachate by evaporation or absorption by refuse. Although leachate recirculation appears to be feasible as well as economically attractive, design and operational criteria have yet to be fully established and tested. This paper presents design and operations enhancements developed for the leachate recirculation system at the Kootenai County Landfill in Idaho, and describes the experience the writers have gained at other facilities.
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Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management
Volume 1 • Issue 3 • July 1997
Pages: 113 - 119
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Copyright © 1997 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Jul 1, 1997
Published in print: Jul 1997
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