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BEHAVIOR AND ASSIMILATION OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC PRIORITY POLLUTANTS CODISPOSED WITH MUNICIPAL REFUSE. A Project Summary. (EPA/SR-93/137)
Citation:
Pohland, F. G., D. R. Reinhart, W. H. Cross, AND J. P. Gould. BEHAVIOR AND ASSIMILATION OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC PRIORITY POLLUTANTS CODISPOSED WITH MUNICIPAL REFUSE. A Project Summary. (EPA/SR-93/137). EPA/600/R-93/137a (NTIS 93-222198), 1993.
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Research was undertaken to demonstrate and evaluate the capacity of landfill systems to assimilate and attenuate inorganic and organic priority pollutants loadings codisposed with municipal refuse and to determine the fate and effect of the codisposed pollutants as landfill stabilization progressed under conditions of single-pass leaching and leachate recycle. The results from the study of 10 simulated landfill columns demonstrated that the columns employing leachate recycle achieved waste stabilization more rapidly and completely and exhibited greater assimilation and attenuation of the codisposed priority pollutants than did the single-pass columns.