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TABLE 10.14
Municipal Landfill Leachate Data: Indicator Parameters,
Inorganic, and Organic Compounds
Leachate Concentration Reported
(mg/L)
Indicator Parameters Minimum Maximum
Alkalinity 470 57,850
Ammonia 0.39 1,200
Biological oxygen demand 7 29,200
Calcium 95.5 2,100
Chemical oxygen demand 42 50,450
Chloride 31 5,475
Fluoride 0.11 302
Iron 0.22 2,280
Phosphorus 0.29 117.18
Potassium 17.8 1,175
Sulfate 8 1,400
Sodium 12 2,574
Total dissolved solids 390 31,800
Total suspended solids 23 17,800
Total organic carbon 20 14,500

Inorganic Compounds
Aluminum 0.01 5.8
Antimony 0.0015 47
Arsenic 0.0002 0.982
Barium 0.08 5
Beryllium 0.001 0.01
Cadmium 0.0007 0.15
Chromium (total) 0.0005 1.9
Cobalt 0.04 0.13
Copper 0.003 2.8
Cyanide 0.004 0.3
Lead 0.005 1.6
Manganese 0.03 79
Magnesium 74 927
Mercury 0.0001 0.0098
Nickel 0.02 2.227
Vanadium 0.009 0.029
Zinc 0.03 350

Organic Compounds
Acetone 8 11,000
Acrolein 270 270
Benzene 4 1,080
Bromomethane 170 170
Butanol 10,000 10,000
1-Butanol 320 360
2-Butanone (methyl ethyl ketone) 110 27,000
Butyl benzyl phenol 21 150
Carbon tetrachloride 6 397.5
Chlorobenzene 1 685
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