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Influence of AQUAMEND™ treatment on
concentrations of organic compounds in landfill
leachate |
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Landfill
Leachate Containing VOCs, BNAs, and
Phenolic
Southwest,
USA
AQUAMEND™ performance has been validated on
landfill leachate containing a wide variety of
volatile organics, base neutral acid extractable
(BNA) compounds, and phenolics. The target
compounds included methyl ethyl ketone (MEK),
methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), and acetone. These
compounds have traditionally been difficult or
expensive to remove from wastewater using
existing treatment methods.
Concentrations of MEK, MIBK and Acetone were
found to be approximately 53,400, 35,500 and
4,680 ug/L, respectively. Concentrations of
phenolic compounds totalled approximately 103,000
ug/L. The AQUAMEND treatment system successfully
treated the phenolic compounds to approximately
29 ug/L.
The AQUAMEND treatment system successfully
treated each of the target compounds to below the
detection limit of 2 ug/L.
The AQUAMEND treatment system can be easily
placed in series with other treatment options to
treat inorganics, such as metals. In this
project, it was necessary to treat the effluent
for the presence of inorganics as a second stage
of treatment due to the presence of arsenic and
other metals in significant quantities.
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