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leachate

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leachate [′lē‚chāt]
(chemistry)
A solution formed by leaching.
(geochemistry)
A liquid that has percolated through soil and dissolved some soil materials in the process.


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Viridian Systems, based in Wirral Business Centre, in Birkenhead, is a major landfill service provider in the UK, supplying pipework and drill wells and providing safe, efficient pneumatic pumping systems to drain leachate - the contaminated end product of rainfall flowing through landfill waste.
In passing through solid-waste matter, the leachate picks up harmful substances, mainly heavy metals like mercury.
Secondly, evaporating the water turns the leachate into solid waste, easier to truck and dispose of.
 
 
 
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