UNIT 3: STAGE 5 - REVIEW AND SUMMARY

PRESENTED BY:
JESUS ARMANDO MANTILLA GELVEZ
CODE: 1005307753

GROUP:

358027_7

TUTORA:
CINDY LORENA GARCIA

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
BUCARAMANGA
MAY 2020
TITLE: Sustainable treatment of leachate from landfills
AUTHOR: Jesús Armando Mantilla Gelvez
INSTITUTION: UNAD
AFFILIATION: CEAD Bucaramanga, as affiliation Graduate
student of environmental Engineering - UNAD.

Human activities from manufacturing and consumption processing lead to

waste generation. Municipal solid waste management (MSW) is one of the
major environmental and public health problems for major cities in developing
countries. Solid waste management has become a tremendous job for the
densely populated developing country due to the huge rate of waste production
and poor infrastructure management. This study uses the pollution evaluation
indices and the multivariate statistical technique as a complementary tool to
verify the probable source of contamination, which affects the quality of the
water in the study area. This study will help policymakers combat pollution
around landfills by identifying the main source of contamination.
In other words, given the great problems that we find in the city of
Bucaramanga known as El Carrasco, it is one of the places where the disposal
of solid waste occurs the most, leachate from landfills is a complex liquid that
contains excessive concentrations of biodegradable products. and non-
biodegradable, including organic matter, phenols, ammonia nitrogen,
phosphate, heavy metals, and sulfur. If not properly treated and disposed of
safely, landfill leachate could be an imminent source of contamination of
surface and groundwater, as it can seep into soils and subsoils, causing
adverse impacts on receiving waters. Lately, several types of treatment
methods have been proposed to alleviate the risks of untreated leachate.
However, some of the techniques available are still complicated, expensive
and generally require final adaptation during the process.

The leachate generated by the degradation of the physically modified waste in

terms of composition. Furthermore, the risk of obtaining concentrated leachate
depends on a number of factors that control its quantity and quality, such as
the filtration of water through the waste, the biochemical processes in the
waste pile and the degree of compaction of the waste.

In particular, the use of microorganisms or bacteria to remove contaminants

in the leachate is through the assimilation process. This process helps to
increase the microbial metabolism and the basic components of the living cell.
As a result, the metabolic conditions of living cells are sensors to eliminate
leachate parameters. Regardless of the choice of application, a proper
selection of biological treatment requires extensive thought to cultivate and
maintain a healthy acclimatized biomass, flow tolerance and organic loads to
be treated. Until now, biological treatments remain one of the acceptable
means of leachate treatment because it offers low capital and operating costs
for operators.
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