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Landfilled municipal solid waste (MSW) in developing countries generally produces a large amount of leachate due to high moisture content. The estimation of leachate production and level is of great importance to the capacity design of leachate treatment plants and the stability analysis of landfills. In this study, the leachate production ratios (the ratio of leachate mass to waste mass) in different countries and cities were first summarized to reveal the basic status of leachate generation. Then, a model was established to calculate the leachate production and level that considers the rainfall infiltration and the water released from MSW due to both primary and secondary compression (ignored in previous models). Finally, the proposed model was used in a case study of Laogang Landfill in Shanghai, China. It was found that the leachate proportion produced by compression was much higher compared with that produced by rainfall infiltration, ranging from 49 (rainy season) to 93% (dry season). The leachate released from waste due to secondary compression accounted for a high proportion (up to 25%) of the total leachate production, especially for aged MSW. The calculated leachate discharge amount and leachate level were close to the measured values because the possible low permeability layer at the bottom of the landfill was considered in this model.
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The work is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 52108348), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant no. 2019YFC1806000), and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant no. 2021M692836).
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Ke, H., Zhang, C.S., Hu, J. et al. Evaluation of leachate production and level in municipal solid waste landfills considering secondary compression. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 20542–20555 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-17209-8
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