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Leachate from landfill sites represents a highly polluted waste water. It containes biodegradable compounds but also inorganic salts and trace recalcitrant pollutants. The reverse osmosis process with or without biological pretreatment has found to be most effective in the treatment of this special waste water.
Biological pretreatment of raw leachate enhances the effectiveness of the reverse osmosis process. The task of biological pretreatment is the removal of biodegradable compounds, especially if rather highly concentrated leachate occurs. The task of the reverse osmosis process is the rejection of all compounds or, as a 2nd treatment stage, the rejection of recalcitrant pollutants and inorganic salts. Operational data for a semi-technical treatment plant and for full-scale plants are presented.
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JANS, J. M. van der SCHROEFF, JAAP, A. (1987) “A treatment concept for leachate from sanitary landfills” Proceedings of the ISWA International Sanitary Landfill Symposium in Cagliari, Sardinia.
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Weber, B., Holz, F. (1991). Landfill Leachate Treatment by Reverse Osmosis. In: Turner, M.K. (eds) Effective Industrial Membrane Processes: Benefits and Opportunities. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3682-2_10
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