Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• MCLELLAN, J. K
• ROCK, C. A

Titel

Pretreating landfill leachate with peat to remove metals

Ist Teil von

• Water, air, and soil pollution, 1988, Vol.37 (1-2), p.203-215

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Springer

Erscheinungsjahr

1988

Quelle

SpringerLINK Contemporary (Konsortium Baden-Württemberg)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The effectiveness of peat in removing metals from two different landfill leachates at low hydraulic loadings was assessed. The leachates were from a municipal refuse fill containing aluminium, calcium, cadmium, iron, magnesium, sodium and lead, and from a fill receiving mainly oil and flyash, containing aluminium, calcium, chromium, iron, magnesium, manganese, sodium, lead and vanadium. Although the peat could not remove metals to levels suitable for direct discharge, it could act as a pretreatment process at low hydraulic loadings. Ultimate disposal of the peat would require a dry environment, as deionized water caused desorption of up to 50 per cent from spent peat columns.