Look up: leachate

1. Leachate
   Water that collects contaminants as it trickles through wastes, pesticides or fertilizers. Leaching may occur in farming areas, feedlots, and landfills, and may result in hazardous substances entering surface water, ground water, or soil.
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2. Leachate
   A liquid (usually rainwater) that picks up contaminants from deposited waste in a landfill site as it passes through the waste.
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3. Leachate
   liquid that has percolated through a solid mass; soil leachate may be high in nitrate; landfill leachate may be high in BOD, ammonia, salinity and toxic substances
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4. Leachate
   The solution produced by passing a liquid through a solid, often containing chemicals that have dissolved from the solid to the liquid. As rainwater passes through landfills and associated sediments, various chemical substances may dissolve in the water a
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5. Leachate
   Contaminated waters running off of, or percolating through a landfill site
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6. leachate
   water that collects contaminants as it trickles through wastes,pesticides or fertilizers Category: Environment • polluted water from accumulated waste at a landfill site, from compost etc.:, consists mainly of water which has percolated through the accumulated waste or which has been in ...
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7. Leachate
   Liquid 'run-off'. Leachate from the compost pile contains nutrients generated in the composting process. In contrast, as groundwater and rain flow through a landfill, they pick up weak acids created by decaying organic matter. As these acids react with other rubbish, the leachate can become toxic which may contaminate streams and groundwater unless the landfill is properly constructed to contain the run-off.
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8. Leachate
   Water and other soluble materials that have drained out of a deposit or tipped material.
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9. Leachate
   Water that collects contaminants as it trickles through wastes, pesticides or fertilizers. Leaching may occur in farming areas, feedlots, and landfills, and may result in hazardous substances entering surface water, ground water, or soil.
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10. leachate
    Solution of material leached from a solid (for example, dissolved organic matter leached from fallen leaves). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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11. leachate
    (from the article `environmental works`) ...at least 10 feet (3 metres) of separation between the bottom of the landfill and the underlying bedrock or groundwater table. A secure ... A highly contaminated liquid called leachate is another by-product of decomposition in sanitary landfills. Most leachate is the result of runoff that ... ...
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12. Leachate
    Solution containing material leached from a soil.
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13. Leachate
    , Mexico. `Leachate` is any liquid that, in passing through matter, extracts solutes, suspended solids or any other component of the material through which it has passed. Leachate is a widely used term in the Environmental sciences where it has the specific meaning of a liquid that has dissolved or ...
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