A secondary treatment facility using indigeneous materials as filter media for leachate filtration in a sanitary landfill

This study is concerned with the filtration of the wastewater by-product of garbage commonly called Leachate. Its seepage and intrusion into vital sources of ground water or any receiving waters would prove to be environmentally hazardous to many.This study aims to develop a design that would reduce...

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Main Authors: Canada, Freilfred Philip A., Carbones, Gerritt Keith D., Chua, Jane S.
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Language:English
Published: Animo Repository 1995
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Online Access:https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8676
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Institution: De La Salle University
Language: English
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Summary:This study is concerned with the filtration of the wastewater by-product of garbage commonly called Leachate. Its seepage and intrusion into vital sources of ground water or any receiving waters would prove to be environmentally hazardous to many.This study aims to develop a design that would reduce the physical and chemical contaminants found in the leachate with the use of indigeneous materials as filter media. These physical and chemical contaminants have reached the levels beyond the standards.The method used is by means of gravity flow through a porous media. The porous media is composed of indigeneous materials like silica sand, beach sand, activated carbon, diatomaceous earth, jute sack and coconut fiber. The model is made up of material called Polycarbonate. Leachate was taken from the San Mateo Sanitary Landfill and used as the sample for the experiment.