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Pollutant
<br />Parameter
<br />George
<br />(1972)
<br />Chain
<br />/DeWalle
<br />1977
<br />Metry/
<br />Cross
<br />1977
<br />Cameron
<br />(1978)
<br />Wisconsin
<br />Report
<br />20 Sites
<br />Sobotka
<br />Report
<br />44 Sites
<br />Boron
<br />0.3-73
<br />0.867-13
<br />Cadmium
<br />0.03-17
<br />0-0.19
<br />ND-0.04
<br />0-0.1
<br />Calcium
<br />5-4,080
<br />60-7,200
<br />240-2,570
<br />5-4,000
<br />200-2,500
<br />95.5-2,100
<br />Total
<br />Chromium
<br />0-33.4
<br />ND - 5.6
<br />0.001 -1.0
<br />Copper
<br />0-9.9
<br />0-9.9
<br />0-10
<br />ND-4.06
<br />0.003-0.32
<br />Cyanide
<br />0-0.11
<br />ND-6
<br />0-4.0
<br />Iron
<br />0.2-5,500
<br />0-2,820
<br />0.12-1,700
<br />0.2-5,500
<br />ND - 1,500
<br />0.22-1,400
<br />Lead
<br />0-0.5
<br /><0.10-2.0
<br />0-5.0
<br />0-14.2
<br />0.001-1.11
<br />Magnesium
<br />16.5-15,600
<br />17-15,600
<br />64-547
<br />16.5 - 15,600
<br />ND - 780
<br />76-927
<br />Manganese
<br />0.06-1,400
<br />0.09-125
<br />13
<br />0.06-1,400
<br />ND - 31.1
<br />0.03-43
<br />Mercury
<br />0-0.064
<br />ND-0.01
<br />0-0.02
<br />Molybdenum
<br />0-0.52
<br />0.01 -1.43
<br />Nickel
<br />0.01 -0.8
<br />ND - 7.5
<br />0.01 -1.25
<br />Potassium
<br />2.8-3,770
<br />28-3,770
<br />28-3,800
<br />2.8-3,770
<br />ND - 2,800
<br />30-1,375
<br />Sodium
<br />0-7,700
<br />0-7,700
<br />85-3,800
<br />0-7,700
<br />12-6,010
<br />Titanium
<br />0-5.0
<br /><0.01
<br />Vanadium
<br />0 - 1.4
<br />0.01
<br />Zinc
<br />0-1,000
<br />0-370
<br />0.03-135
<br />0-1,000
<br />ND - 731
<br />0.01 - 67ji
<br />All concentrations in mg/L, except pH (standard units).
<br />ND = Non -detect
<br />Source: U.S. EPA's Technical Development Document for Proposed Effluent Limitations Guidelines and
<br />Standards for the Landfills Point Source Category, EPA 821-R-97-022, January 1998, Table 6-3.
<br />* Literature sources were:
<br />George, J. A., Sanitary Landfill -Gas and Leachate Control, the National Perspective, Office of Solid
<br />Waste Management Programs, U.S. EPA, 1972.
<br />Chian, E. S., and F. B. DeWalle, Evaluation ofLeachate Treatment, Volume I, Characterization of
<br />Leachate, EPA -600/2-77-186a.
<br />Metry, A. A., and F. L. Cross, Leachate Control and Treatment, Volume 7, Environmental Monograph
<br />Series, Technomic Publishing Co., Westport, CT, 1977.
<br />Cameron, R. D., The Effect of Solid Waste Landfill Leachates on Receiving Waters, Journal AWWA,
<br />March 1978.
<br />McGinley, Paul M., and Peter Met. Formation, Characteristics, Treatment and Disposal of Leachate from
<br />Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Special Report, August 1,
<br />1984.
<br />Sobotka & Co., Inc., Case History Data Compiled and Reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection
<br />Agency Economic Analysis Branch, Office of Solid Waste, 1986.
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