Treatment of leachates by membrane technology

摘要: The landfill method for disposal of escalating load of waste is widely accepted due to low environmental impact and economic advantages. Besides its economic advantages, inappropriate landfill management poses significant environmental risks to be evaluated when releasing highly polluted wastewater, often referred to as leachate. Leachate possesses several indicators such as Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biochemical/Chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD/COD) ratio, which along with the landfill maturity are important factors for the selection of suitable treatment options. This chapter summarizes detailed assessments regarding potential leachate treatment practices, focusing on the successful examples of treatment through membrane technology. More specifically, the examined methods fall under the following categories: (1) physicochemical, (2) biological methods, and (3) membrane processes, including …