Thesis (M.Sc. Environmental Science)--University of Waikato, 2008. / Title from PDF cover (viewed April 24, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-147)

Phytoremediation is a technology that can be used in several ways to remediate polluted soils and water. Today, phytoremediation is viewed by many as a technology in the development phase and therefore it is important to evaluate existing facilities to create more support for future establishment. At the closed landfill of Dragmossen situated outside Älvkarleby, Sweden, there is a plantation of salix (Salix spp.) used for leachate management by collecting the leachate in ponds and using it to irrigate the salix. The goal is to let the water evaporate partially and then use the remaining water in the plantation, thus keeping pollutants in the system and stored in the biomass of the plants. In this Degree Project within Environmental and Water Engineering the performance and the risks associated with the salix plantation at the landfill Dragmossen were evaluated. The study was conducted by analyzing data of samples taken from the salix biomass, soil and water in regards to metal concentrations. The allocation of different metals in the plant was investigated and the transfer coefficient (TC-quota) and the translocation factor (TF-quota) were calculated for the salix. The mass flow of metals was mapped and quantified by construction of a model to calculate the load of metals within the system and the extraction of metals from the plantation. The input data for the model consisted of metal concentrations in the leachate, metal concentrations within salix biomass, estimated volume of leachate and the growth of the salix biomass. The results showed that lead, cadmium, copper, chrome, nickel and zinc were extracted in a higher amount than the load from the irrigation. The extraction of arsenic was lower than the amount that was added from the irrigation. The extraction rate for arsenic, lead, cadmium, copper, chrome, nickel and zinc was investigated by calculating the extraction per year and hectare. The extraction rate differs between the metals where zinc was extracted with the highest rate and arsenic with the lowest. A basic risk assessment was conducted where the development of the pollutants in the ground water below the salix plantation was investigated together with the concentrations of metals in the soil on the plantation. This showed that the concentrations of copper and zink over the general reference value for less sensitive land use was exceeded in some areas. The overall results showed that a salix plantation can be a good tool for leachate management for the majority of the metals. The extraction of metals is affected by different parameters of the soil and water chemistry which makes it important to evaluate site-specific conditions before an establishing a salix plantation. / Fytosanering är en teknik som kan användas på flera olika vis för att sanera både förorenad mark och vatten. Idag betraktas fytosanering av många som en teknik under utveckling och det är därmed viktigt att utvärdera befintliga anläggningars prestanda för att skapa ett bättre underlag för framtida etableringar. På den sluttäckta deponin Dragmossen används en salixodling för lakvattenhantering genom att salix (Salix spp.) bevattnas med lakvatten som samlas upp i dammar på området. Vattnet avgår då genom transpiration och tanken är att föroreningarna ska tas upp och lagras i växterna. I detta examensarbete i miljö- och vattenteknik undersöktes prestandan och riskerna med salixodlingen på deponin Dragmossen. Detta genom att sammanställa och analysera data från provtagningar av salix, jord och vatten. Examensarbetet omfattade även en analys av upptag och allokering av metaller i salixplantorna, samt hur dessa metaller förhåller sig i de olika växtdelarna genom att beräkna överföringskoefficienten (TC-kvot) och translokationsfaktorn (TF-kvot). Massflöden av metaller kartlades genom konstruerande av en modell som kvantifierar belastning och upptag av metaller i salixen. Modellens indata bestod av metallhalter i lakvattnet, metallhalter i salixens ved, uppskattad volym lakvatten och tillväxt av salixens biomassa. Resultatet från modellen visade att bly, kadmium, koppar, krom, nickel och zink togs upp i större mängd än vad som tillfördes genom bevattning. Upptaget av arsenik var dock mindre än det som tillfördes genom bevattningen. Upptagshastigheten för arsenik, bly, kadmium, koppar, krom, nickel och zink undersöktes genom att beräkna upptaget per år och hektar. Upptagshastigheten skiljer sig åt mellan olika metaller där zink tas upp snabbast och arsenik är den metall som extraheras i lägst grad. En enklare riskbedömning genomfördes där utvecklingen av föroreningshalter i grundvattnet under salixodlingen undersöktes samt halter av de undersökta metallerna i jorden på salixodlingen. Denna visade på att halter av koppar och zink idag är högre än det generella riktvärdet för mindre känslig markanvändning. Det styrande skyddsobjektet för Cu och Zn är markmiljön. Uppmätta metallhalter i marken kring salixodlingen bedöms inte innebära någon risk för andra skyddsobjekt som människa och grundvatten. Sammantaget visar resultatet att en salixodling som verktyg för lakvattenhantering kan vara ett bra redskap för flertalet metaller. Upptaget påverkas av olika mark- och vattenkemiska parametrar vilket erfordrar att platsspecifika förutsättningar beaktas vid anläggning av en salixodling.

O uso de aterros sanitários como forma de disposição dos resíduos sólidos urbanos constitui-se na alternativa mais usual tanto do ponto de vista econômico, como na correta disposição final do lixo. Entretanto, a geração de lixiviados permanece como uma inevitável consequência do uso de tal tecnologia. Das diversas alternativas de controle desse líquido percolado, destaca-se seu envio para estações de tratamento de esgoto sanitário. No presente estudo, avaliou-se o impacto causado pela introdução de cargas progressivas de lixiviado em conjunto com o esgoto sanitário em dois sistemas pilotos de tratamento: um de lodos ativados convencional e outro, um modelo híbrido do tipo IFAS (Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge). A pesquisa foi dividida em três fases, mantendo-se as mesmas condições operacionais e alterando, em cada fase, a contribuição de lixiviado na composição da carga afluente, em valores de 5 por cento , 10 por cento e 20 por cento em relação à carga de DBO5,20. Os resultados obtidos a partir da investigação experimental permitiram concluir que o aumento progressivo da carga advinda do lixiviado não provocou redução na eficiência de tratamento em ambos os sistemas, em nenhuma fase da pesquisa. Obtiveram-se, para o processo IFAS, índices de remoção de matéria orgânica, expressos em DBO, da ordem de 87 por cento com a contribuição de 5 por cento e 10 por cento de lixiviado e de 80 por cento com 20 por cento de lixiviado; no processo de lodos ativados, tanto com 10 por cento e 20 por cento de carga de lixiviado, a eficiência foi de 80 por cento , os resultados referentes à fase de 5 por cento , nesse processo, foram prejudicados em decorrência de problemas operacionais. Em relação à oxidação de compostos nitrogenados, expressos em termos de NTK, observaram-se para o processo IFAS remoções acima de 90 por cento em todas as fases, indicando que a nitrificação ocorreu de forma satisfatória. No processo de lodos ativados, os índices de remoção foram de 72 por cento com 5 por cento de lixiviado e de 65 por cento com 10 por cento e 20 por cento , indicando um rendimento abaixo do esperado. Estudos relativos à composição da biomassa presente em ambos os processos não revelaram aspectos que as diferenciem significativamente em termos quantitativo; tão poucos indicaram alterações provocadas na microfauna em função da adição da carga de lixiviado. Os coeficientes cinéticos referentes ao metabolismo heterotrófico não apresentaram variações em função do aumento da contribuição do lixiviado, mantendo-se semelhantes aos encontrados na literatura; já os valores obtidos para constante máxima de crescimento (m) das bactérias nitritantes apontaram uma redução em torno de 76 por cento e 41 por cento para os processos de lodos ativados e IFAS, respectivamente, quando comparados com dados relativos à fase preliminar, sem adição de lixiviado; tal fato, contudo, não provocou interrupção ou inibição no rendimento da nitrificação. Ensaios de toxicidade aguda demonstraram significativa redução deste potencial em relação ao afluente, sobretudo, no processo IFAS, sendo que a técnica Microtox® mostrou-se mais sensível do que o teste com microcrustáceo Daphnia similis. Em linhas gerais, o processo IFAS demonstrou um desempenho superior em termos de eficiência de remoção tanto de matéria orgânica como nitrogenada, bem como maior estabilidade operacional. / The utilization of landfills as an urban solid waste management technology constitutes an economically viable alternative of final waste disposal. However, the generation of contaminated leachate remains as an inevitable consequence of this technology. Among various treatment alternatives for that percolated liquid, a major one is sending it to a wastewater treatment plant. The present paper evaluated the impact caused by the introduction of progressive leachate loads together with domestic sewage in two pilot scale treatment plants: an activated sludge plant and a hybrid model type IFAS (Integrated fixed-film activated sludge) plant. The research was divided into 3 phases, maintaining the same operation conditions in both pilot plants and changing at each phase the amount of leachate in the composition of the influent to percent values of 5 per cent , 10 per cent and 20 per cent . Results obtained from the experimental investigation demonstrated that the leachate load did not cause inhibition of the treatment process in both pilots, at any phase of the research. For the IFAS process, removal rates of organic matter in terms of BOD were on the order of 87 per cent with leachate contributions of 5 per cent and 10 per cent , and 80 per cent with 20 per cent of leachate contribution. Regarding the activated sludge process, at both 10 per cent and 20 per cent of leachate load, the BOD removal efficiency was 80 per cent . The results from the 5 per cent leachate contribution phase were not available due to operational problems. Regarding nitrogen removal, in terms of NTK, a removal efficiency over 90 per cent was observed for the IFAS process in all phases, showing that nitrification occurred in a satisfactory way; as for the activated sludge process, the removal rates were 72 per cent with 5 per cent of leachate contribution and 65 per cent with 10 and 20 per cent leachate contributions, results lower than expected. The study of the biomass composition did not show aspects that differ significantly in quantitative terms for both processes; and it did not show any changes in the micro fauna due to the leachate addition. The kinetic coefficients related to the heterotrophic metabolism did not present variation due to the increase of leachate addition, being similar to those found in the literature. On the other hand, the obtained values for the maximum growth rate (m) of nitrifying bacteria pointed to reductions of about 76 per cent and 41 per cent for the activated sludge and IFAS processes, respectively, when compared with data related to the preliminary phase, without leachate addition. This fact, however, did not cause disruption or inhibition to affect the nitrification yield. Acute toxicity assays demonstrated significant reduction of this potential relative to affluent, especially on the IFAS process, and the Microtox® technique appeared to be more sensitive. In a more general way, the IFAS process presented a better performance than the activated sludge process in terms of removal efficiencies of organic and nitrogenous matter, as well as higher operating stability.

Cheng Chung-yin. / Thesis submitted in: December 2004. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 185-195). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.vi / Table of contents --- p.viii / List of tables --- p.xi / List of figures --- p.xii / List of plates --- p.xiv / Plant species used in the experiments --- p.xv / Chapter 1 Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Soil wastes as an environmental challenge --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Landfilling --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Waste degradation --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Control of degradation by-products --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Landfill leach ate --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Generation and control of landfill leachate --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Leachate characterization --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- Leachate from local landfills --- p.15 / Chapter 1.3.4 --- Leachate treatment --- p.15 / Chapter 1.4 --- Leachate irrigation --- p.16 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- Common practices of wastewater irrigation --- p.17 / Chapter 1.4.1.1 --- Spray irrigation / Chapter 1.4.1.2 --- Rapid infiltration / Chapter 1.4.1.3 --- Overland flow / Chapter 1.4.2 --- Effects of leachate irrigation --- p.19 / Chapter 1.4.2.1 --- Effect of leachate irrigation on soil percolate / Chapter 1.4.2.2 --- Effect of leachate irrigation on soil / Chapter 1.4.2.3 --- Effect of leachate irrigation on plants / Chapter 1.5 --- Landfilling in Hong Kong --- p.24 / Chapter 1.5.1 --- Climate --- p.24 / Chapter 1.5.2 --- Geography and economy --- p.25 / Chapter 1.5.3 --- Waste composition --- p.25 / Chapter 1.5.4 --- Leachate sampling sites --- p.27 / Chapter 1.6 --- Objectives of this study --- p.30 / Chapter 1.6.1 --- Knowledge gaps --- p.30 / Chapter 1.6.2 --- Project outline --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Phytotoxicity evaluation of landfill leachate using seed germination tests / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.34 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Tests involving the use of germinating seeds --- p.34 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Importance of germination to plants --- p.34 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Advantages of germination tests --- p.35 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Limitations of using germination as an endpoint --- p.35 / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Methods of germination test --- p.36 / Chapter 2.1.5.1 --- Test design / Chapter 2.1.5.2 --- Plant species / Chapter 2.1.5.3 --- Measurement endpoints / Chapter 2.1.5.4 --- Statistical analysis and test endpoints / Chapter 2.2 --- Objectives of study --- p.41 / Chapter 2.3 --- Materials and methods --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Sample collection --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Chemical analysis --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Statistical analysis --- p.43 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Phytotoxicity assay --- p.43 / Chapter 2.4 --- Results and discussion --- p.44 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Leachate characterization --- p.44 / Chapter 2.4.1.1 --- Comparison among landfill sites / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Phytotoxicity assay --- p.51 / Chapter 2.4.2.1 --- Dose response relationships / Chapter 2.4.2.2 --- Implication of hormetic-like response on the selection of statistical model / Chapter 2.4.2.3 --- Phytotoxicity of leachate samples / Chapter 2.4.2.4 --- Comparison between species / Chapter 2.5 --- Conclusions --- p.65 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Leachate irrigation: Effects on plant performance and soil properties / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.67 / Chapter 3.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.70 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Leachate sampling and analysis --- p.70 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Leachate irrigation experiment --- p.71 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Soil and plant analysis --- p.73 / Chapter 3.2.3.1 --- Soil sampling and preparation / Chapter 3.2.3.2 --- Soil texture / Chapter 3.2.3.3 --- pH and electrical conductivity / Chapter 3.2.3.4 --- Organic carbon / Chapter 3.2.3.5 --- Nitrogen / Chapter 3.2.3.6 --- Phosphorus / Chapter 3.2.3.7 --- Chloride / Chapter 3.2.3.8 --- Metals / Chapter 3.2.3.9 --- Foliage analysis / Chapter 3.3 --- Results and discussion --- p.75 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Leachate --- p.75 / Chapter 3.3.1.1 --- Chemical properties / Chapter 3.3.1.2 --- Phytotoxicity / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Plant responses --- p.79 / Chapter 3.3.2.1 --- Growth / Chapter 3.3.2.2 --- Plant survival and health / Chapter 3.3.2.3 --- Tissue contents / Chapter 3.3.2.4 --- Incorporating the results of germination tests in leachate irrigation practice / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Soil --- p.101 / Chapter 3.3.3.1 --- Initial properties / Chapter 3.3.3.2 --- Soil reaction (pH) / Chapter 3.3.3.3 --- Nitrogen / Chapter 3.3.3.4 --- Phosphorus / Chapter 3.3.3.5 --- Conductivity / Chapter 3.3.3.6 --- Chloride / Chapter 3.3.3.7 --- Metals / Chapter 3.4 --- Conclusions --- p.119 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Fate and distribution of N after soil application of landfill leachate / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.121 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- The needs of external N supply in ecological restoration --- p.121 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Objectives of study --- p.122 / Chapter 4.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.123 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Leachate --- p.124 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Soil column --- p.124 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Plant selection and establishment --- p.127 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Leachate application --- p.129 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Post irrigation harvesting and analysis --- p.130 / Chapter 4.3 --- Results and discussion --- p.130 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Leachate --- p.130 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Plants --- p.132 / Chapter 4.3.2.1 --- Growth / Chapter 4.3.2.2 --- Tissue N contents / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Soil and soil percolate --- p.139 / Chapter 4.3.3.1 --- Percolate volume and soil moisture / Chapter 4.3.3.2 --- pH / Chapter 4.3.3.3 --- Electrical conductivity / Chapter 4.3.3.4 --- Nitrate / Chapter 4.3.3.5 --- Ammonium / Chapter 4.3.4 --- N balance of the soil-plant system --- p.160 / Chapter 4.3.4.1 --- Change in the N capital after leachate irrigation / Chapter 4.3.4.2 --- Leaching loss / Chapter 4.3.4.3 --- Unaccountable N loss / Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusions --- p.174 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- General conclusion / Chapter 5.1 --- Summary of findings --- p.176 / Chapter 5.2 --- Ecological consequence of increased and excess N deposition --- p.179 / Chapter 5.3 --- Research prospects --- p.182 / References --- p.185

O uso de aterros sanitários como forma de disposição dos resíduos sólidos urbanos constitui-se na alternativa mais usual tanto do ponto de vista econômico, como na correta disposição final do lixo. Entretanto, a geração de lixiviados permanece como uma inevitável consequência do uso de tal tecnologia. Das diversas alternativas de controle desse líquido percolado, destaca-se seu envio para estações de tratamento de esgoto sanitário. No presente estudo, avaliou-se o impacto causado pela introdução de cargas progressivas de lixiviado em conjunto com o esgoto sanitário em dois sistemas pilotos de tratamento: um de lodos ativados convencional e outro, um modelo híbrido do tipo IFAS (Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge). A pesquisa foi dividida em três fases, mantendo-se as mesmas condições operacionais e alterando, em cada fase, a contribuição de lixiviado na composição da carga afluente, em valores de 5 por cento , 10 por cento e 20 por cento em relação à carga de DBO5,20. Os resultados obtidos a partir da investigação experimental permitiram concluir que o aumento progressivo da carga advinda do lixiviado não provocou redução na eficiência de tratamento em ambos os sistemas, em nenhuma fase da pesquisa. Obtiveram-se, para o processo IFAS, índices de remoção de matéria orgânica, expressos em DBO, da ordem de 87 por cento com a contribuição de 5 por cento e 10 por cento de lixiviado e de 80 por cento com 20 por cento de lixiviado; no processo de lodos ativados, tanto com 10 por cento e 20 por cento de carga de lixiviado, a eficiência foi de 80 por cento , os resultados referentes à fase de 5 por cento , nesse processo, foram prejudicados em decorrência de problemas operacionais. Em relação à oxidação de compostos nitrogenados, expressos em termos de NTK, observaram-se para o processo IFAS remoções acima de 90 por cento em todas as fases, indicando que a nitrificação ocorreu de forma satisfatória. No processo de lodos ativados, os índices de remoção foram de 72 por cento com 5 por cento de lixiviado e de 65 por cento com 10 por cento e 20 por cento , indicando um rendimento abaixo do esperado. Estudos relativos à composição da biomassa presente em ambos os processos não revelaram aspectos que as diferenciem significativamente em termos quantitativo; tão poucos indicaram alterações provocadas na microfauna em função da adição da carga de lixiviado. Os coeficientes cinéticos referentes ao metabolismo heterotrófico não apresentaram variações em função do aumento da contribuição do lixiviado, mantendo-se semelhantes aos encontrados na literatura; já os valores obtidos para constante máxima de crescimento (m) das bactérias nitritantes apontaram uma redução em torno de 76 por cento e 41 por cento para os processos de lodos ativados e IFAS, respectivamente, quando comparados com dados relativos à fase preliminar, sem adição de lixiviado; tal fato, contudo, não provocou interrupção ou inibição no rendimento da nitrificação. Ensaios de toxicidade aguda demonstraram significativa redução deste potencial em relação ao afluente, sobretudo, no processo IFAS, sendo que a técnica Microtox® mostrou-se mais sensível do que o teste com microcrustáceo Daphnia similis. Em linhas gerais, o processo IFAS demonstrou um desempenho superior em termos de eficiência de remoção tanto de matéria orgânica como nitrogenada, bem como maior estabilidade operacional. / The utilization of landfills as an urban solid waste management technology constitutes an economically viable alternative of final waste disposal. However, the generation of contaminated leachate remains as an inevitable consequence of this technology. Among various treatment alternatives for that percolated liquid, a major one is sending it to a wastewater treatment plant. The present paper evaluated the impact caused by the introduction of progressive leachate loads together with domestic sewage in two pilot scale treatment plants: an activated sludge plant and a hybrid model type IFAS (Integrated fixed-film activated sludge) plant. The research was divided into 3 phases, maintaining the same operation conditions in both pilot plants and changing at each phase the amount of leachate in the composition of the influent to percent values of 5 per cent , 10 per cent and 20 per cent . Results obtained from the experimental investigation demonstrated that the leachate load did not cause inhibition of the treatment process in both pilots, at any phase of the research. For the IFAS process, removal rates of organic matter in terms of BOD were on the order of 87 per cent with leachate contributions of 5 per cent and 10 per cent , and 80 per cent with 20 per cent of leachate contribution. Regarding the activated sludge process, at both 10 per cent and 20 per cent of leachate load, the BOD removal efficiency was 80 per cent . The results from the 5 per cent leachate contribution phase were not available due to operational problems. Regarding nitrogen removal, in terms of NTK, a removal efficiency over 90 per cent was observed for the IFAS process in all phases, showing that nitrification occurred in a satisfactory way; as for the activated sludge process, the removal rates were 72 per cent with 5 per cent of leachate contribution and 65 per cent with 10 and 20 per cent leachate contributions, results lower than expected. The study of the biomass composition did not show aspects that differ significantly in quantitative terms for both processes; and it did not show any changes in the micro fauna due to the leachate addition. The kinetic coefficients related to the heterotrophic metabolism did not present variation due to the increase of leachate addition, being similar to those found in the literature. On the other hand, the obtained values for the maximum growth rate (m) of nitrifying bacteria pointed to reductions of about 76 per cent and 41 per cent for the activated sludge and IFAS processes, respectively, when compared with data related to the preliminary phase, without leachate addition. This fact, however, did not cause disruption or inhibition to affect the nitrification yield. Acute toxicity assays demonstrated significant reduction of this potential relative to affluent, especially on the IFAS process, and the Microtox® technique appeared to be more sensitive. In a more general way, the IFAS process presented a better performance than the activated sludge process in terms of removal efficiencies of organic and nitrogenous matter, as well as higher operating stability.

<p>If not purified leachate from landfills would cause damages on the environment. At most landfills in Sweden local treatment of leachate is achieved, at the rest the leachate is transported to sewertreatment. While no comprehensive legal provisions for discharge exist in Sweden there is a difference in discharges between the installations for landfill. If no comprehensive legal provisions is produced guidance must improve.</p><p>Treatment of leachate and self monitoring system at fifteen installations in Sweden has been studied and compared. A study of literature about different treatment solutions has also been performed. Practical information about the landfills has been gathered through visits. Processes of treatment described in literature correspond to measures. Variations exists between the self monitoring systems at the installations both between parameters for analyses, how often controls take place and were testpoints are situated.</p><p>Knowledge of reactions and techniques for treatment of compounds common in leachate exist. Further research about compounds whose effect we do not know for certain must be achieved.</p> / <p>Lakvattenrening och egenkontrollprogram vid femton deponier i Sverige har studerats och jämförts. En litteraturstudie angående olika reningstekniker har även utförts. Information om deponierna och reningsprocesserna har inhämtats via studiebesök och miljörapporter. Vid jämförelse av rening har olika processer studerats separat. Den beskrivning av processerna som finns i litteraturen stämmer väl med uppmätta resultat. Exempel på detta är ammoniumhalter som reduceras i luftad damm, halter totalkväve som minskar genom rening i Satsvis Biologisk Reaktorteknik och reducerad halt suspenderat material som inträffar vid rening genom markfilter. Egenkontrollprogrammen vid de olika deponierna varierar dels i avseende på vilka parametrar som kontrolleras och dels hur ofta kontroller utförs och var provpunkter är belägna.</p><p>För de vanligast förekommande ämnen som existerar i lakvatten finns kunskap om reaktioner och fungerande tekniker för rening. Problem uppstår för de ämnen vilkas reaktioner och förändringar man ej känner till. Farhågor finns dessutom att det i lakvatten finns föreningar vars existens och verkan vi ej känner till. På grund av detta krävs ytterligare forskning på lakvatten.</p>

<p>Four different kinds of filter-materials with reactive surfaces have been studied concerning their capacity to absorb heavy metals in leachate from a municipal waste deposit. The heavy metals studied were: lead, cadmium, copper, mercury, chromium, nickel and zinc. The leachate contains high levels of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and has a high pH-value along with a high buffer capacity. These characteristics of the leachate make it difficult to remove pollutants and require efficient filters. The filters that were examined in the report are blast-furnace slag with CaO, sand covered with iron oxides, olivine and nepheline. The experiment was carried out in two sets, starting with batch experiments followed by a column study. The objective of the batch experiments was to find out how variations in pH affected the sorption capacity of the materials. The interval used during the test was from pH 5 to pH 10. The computer program VisualMinteq was used to evaluate the dominating sorption processes when the materials interacted with the solutions. Two different kinds of solutions were used in the batch experiment. One of them was the leachate, to which known concentrations of heavy metals were added (about 1 μM) and the other consisted of sodium nitrate, a solution without organic compounds, which was used as a reference. The sodium nitrate solution was also spiked with the same concentration of heavy metals as the leachate.</p><p>The results from the batch experiment showed that the sorption of heavy metals was lowered if the DOC level was high. No relation between pH and sorption ability could be found for the leachate, but for some metals in the sodium solution a higher pH improved the removal of heavy metals. The two materials that showed best results in the batch experiment were the blast-furnace slag and the sand with iron oxides. These materials were used in the column study. The olivine material was somewhat better than the nepheline in the batch experiment.</p><p>Four columns were used in the column study, two for each material. Leachate with heavy metals was pumped into the columns with a specific flow rate; at first a low flow rate was used and when half the experiment time had passed the flow rate was increased. The flow rates used were 0.12 m/24 h and 0.62 m/24 h. The outcome of the column experiment showed that the slag had the highest ability to adsorb metals. The metal sorption was over 60 percent for lead, cadmium and zinc, where the highest sorption was obtained for lead. No affects were noticed when the flow rate was increased.</p> / <p>I detta examensarbete har fyra olika reaktiva filtermaterials kapaciteter att ur deponilakvatten avskilja tungmetallerna bly, kadmium, koppar, kvicksilver, krom, nickel och zink testats. Deponilakvatten är ett avloppsvatten med höga halter organiskt material (DOC), högt pH och en hög buffertkapacitet. Dess sammansättning ställer stora krav på ett filter och närvaron av ligander påverkar sorptionprocesserna. Filtren som ingått i studien är kalciumoxiddopad masugnsslagg, järnoxidtäckt sand, olivin och nefelin.</p><p>Försöken utfördes i två delar, med inledande skakförsök och därefter kolonnförsök. I båda försöken användes lakvatten med en extra tillsats av tungmetaller. I skakförsöken användes även natriumnitrat; ett referensvatten utan organiska ligander, även det spikat med tungmetaller. I skakförsöken studerades avskiljningens pH-beroende för de olika filtren, med ett pH-intervall på ca 5 – 10. Därefter modellerades resultaten i jämviktsprogrammet VisualMinteq för att fastställa vilka processer som styr avskiljningen. Skakförsöken och kolonnförsöken utfördes båda i klimatrum vid 8 ºC, för att efterlikna markens naturliga temperatur.</p><p>Resultaten från skakförsöken visade att masugnsslagg och järnoxidsand gav bäst avskiljning för de flesta tungmetaller. Olivin och nefelin var sämre metallsorbenter, där olivin uppvisade något bättre resultat än nefelin. Inget tydligt pH-beroende för lakvattnet kunde utläsas, men för natriumnitratlösningen gav en pH-höjning en ökad sorption för vissa metaller. Den kemiska jämviktsmodelleringen visade att den dominerande processen i filtermaterialen var sorption på filterytorna. De två filtermaterialen som visade bäst resultat i skakförsöken (slagg och järnoxid) studerades vidare i kolonnförsök, där ett bestämt lakvattenflöde pumpades genom kolonner packade med materialen. Två olika flödeshastigheter testades (0,12 m/dygn och 0,62 m/dygn) och sorptionen av metaller analyserades. Slaggen uppvisade högst avskiljningskapacitet av de studerade filtren. De metaller som sorberades bäst var bly, kadmium och zink (över 60 % avskiljning), där den högsta sorptionen erhölls för bly. Gemensamt för både skak- och kolonnförsöken var att sorptionen försvårades då halten organiskt material (DOC) ökade, vilket beror på att DOC konkurrerar med de reaktiva ytorna på filtren om att binda den fria metalljonen. Ingen minskande avskiljningseffekt av en flödesökning kunde utläsas.</p>

This thesis consists of work conducted in two separate studies, evaluating the performance of passive systems for treating wastewater effluents. The first study involved the characterization of three wastewater stabilization ponds (WSPs) providing secondary and tertiary treatment for municipal wastewater at a facility in Amherstview, Ontario, Canada. Since 2003, the WSPs have experienced excessive algae growth and high pH levels during the summer months. A full range of parameters consisting of: pH, chlorophyll-a (chl-a), dissolved oxygen (DO), temperature, alkalinity, oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), conductivity, nutrient species, and organic matter measures; were monitored for the system and the chemical dynamics in the three WSPs were assessed through multivariate statistical analysis. Supplementary continuous monitoring of pH, chl-a, and DO was performed to identify time-series dependencies. The analyses showed strong correlations between chl-a and sunlight, temperature, organic matter, and nutrients, and strong time dependent correlations between chl-a and DO and between chl-a and pH. Additionally, algae samples were collected and analyzed using metagenomics methods to determine the distribution and speciation of algae growth in the WSPs. A strong shift from the dominance of a major class of green algae, chlorophyceae, in the first WSP, to the dominance of land plants, embryophyta – including aquatic macrophytes – in the third WSP, was observed and corresponded to field observations during the study period. The second study involved the evaluation of the performance and chemical dynamics of a hybrid-passive system treating leachate from a municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. Over a three year period, monitoring of a full range of parameters consisting of: pH, DO, temperature, alkalinity, ORP, conductivity, sulfate, chloride, phenols, solids fractions, nutrient species, organic matter measures, and metals; was conducted bi-weekly and the dataset was analyzed with time series and multivariate statistical techniques. Regression analyses identified 8 parameters that were most frequently retained for modelling the five criteria parameters (alkalinity, ammonia, chemical oxygen demand, iron, and heavy metals), on a statistically significant level (p < 0.05): conductivity, DO, nitrite, organic nitrogen, ORP, pH, sulfate, and total volatile solids. / Thesis (Master, Civil Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2013-10-27 05:29:20.564

<p>U okviru disertacije, kori&scaron;ćenjem linearnog programiranja, definisani<br />su različiti modeli za optimizaciju monitoringa deponijskog gasa i<br />procedne vode na zatvorenim deponijama. Razvoj modela je baziran<br />na grafičkoj metodi linearnog programiranja i upotrebi softvera<br />GeoGebra. Na osnovu dobijenih rezultata, identifikovani su parametri<br />monitoringa procedne vode kao i obim monitoringa deponijskog gasa<br />i procedne vode. Evaluirani su ekonomski i legislativni efekti<br />modelovanja i uočene značajne mogućnosti u&scaron;tede i unapređenja<br />procesa monitoring zatvorenih deponija.</p> / <p>This doctoral dissertation, by using the linear programming, has defined<br />the various optimization models for the monitoring of landfill gas and<br />leachate at the closed landfills. The development of the model is based<br />on graphical method of linear programming and the usage of GeoGebra<br />software. According to the results, leachate monitoring parameters and<br />landfill gas and leachate monitoring volume have been identified. The<br />economical and legislative effects of the models have also been<br />evaluated, as well as the considerate possibilities for financial saving<br />and improvement of the closed landfill monitoring process.</p>

Markfilter för rening av vatten har utvecklats under årens lopp till att besitta skräddarsydda egenskaper anpassade för rening av lakvatten. Lakvatten innehåller en rad olika föroreningar, vilka beror på det deponerade materialets beskaffenhet. I sorptionsfilter kombineras ett traditionellt filters mekaniska förmåga att avskilja partiklar och biologiska förmåga att bryta ner organiskt material, med en eller flera sorbenter, vilka verkar för att fastlägga eller fälla föroreningar. Inte sällan drabbas dock denna typ av filter av igensättningar, vilket reducerar filtrets kapacitet och livslängd. Vid deponin i Gräfsåsen, tillhörande Östersunds kommun, installerades 2013 ett markfilter av sorptionstyp framtaget av konsult, vilket uppgavs ha en livslängd på 10-15 år. Efter installering av filtret visar sig kapaciteten vara sämre än förväntat och dessutom snabbt sjunkande över tid. Justeringar i filtermaterialets sammansättning sker efter ett par månades drift, men problemet med igensättningar/låg kapacitet kvarstår. Detta examensarbete utformades i syfte att utreda igensättningsproblematiken med sorptionsfiltret vid Gräfsåsen och att föreslå förbättringsåtgärder. Den andra delen bestod av att kontrollera konsultens dimensioneringsberäkningar och jämföra med olika beräkningsmodeller för markfilter. Analysresultaten och beräkningarna kompletterades med ett praktiskt försök att filtrera lakvatten och kranvatten i varsin filterkolonn som utformades med samma proportioner och material som det aktuella filtret. Avsikten med kolonnfiltreringen var att bedöma materialets hydrauliska kapacitet och undersöka om det fanns eventuella skillnader i rinntider för lak- respektive kranvatten. Filtreringen visade att packningsgraden av filtermaterialet är av stor betydelse för genomsläppligheten, inga slutsatser om vattenkvaliténs påverkan kunde dock dras. Karaktäriseringen visade att lakvattnet i Gräfsåsen innehöll höga halter BOD, POC, aluminium, svavel, kalcium och fosfor. Analyserna och jämförelserna sammantaget indikerade att metalloxider och karbonater fälldes i filtret. Beräkningarna visade att filtret dimensionerats för ett genomsnittligt mindre flöde än vad som bedömdes vara lämpligt. Den hydrauliska konduktiviteten för filtermaterialet var lägre än konsultens rekommendationer, vilket i praktiken innebar att kapaciteten för filtret var en tredjedel av flödet man avsett att dimensionera för.. / Filters for treatment of leachate have been developed over the years to hold tailor-made properties for the treatment of leachate. Leachate contains a variety of pollutants, which depends on the waste upon the landfill. In sorption-filters the traditional filter’s mechanical ability to remove particles and biological ability to break down organic material, is combined with one or several sorbents which act to precipitate or trap contaminants. However, it is rather common that these types of filters suffer from clogging which result in reduction of the filter’s capacity and lifetime. At the landfill in Gräfsåsen, belonging to the municipality of Östersund, a sorption filter developed by a consultant was installed in 2013, which was estimated to have a lifespan of 10-15 years. When installed, the capacity of the filter was lower than expected and also decreased rapidly over time. The filter media had to be redesigned after a couple of months in operation, but the problem with clogging/low capacity remained. This thesis was shaped to investigate the causes of the clogging problem of the filter at Gräfsåsen and to suggest improvements. The study consisted mainly of two parts, one part consisted of interpreting and comparing test results and characterize the leachate from a study of leachate from IVL (Swedish Environmental Research Institute). The second part consisted of controlling the consultant’s sizing and compare with other models for sizing filters. The analytical results and calculations were supplemented with a practical test to filter leachate and tap water in separate filter columns, designed with the same proportions and materials as the existing filter. The purpose of the filtering columns was to assess the material's hydraulic capacity and to examine whether there were any differences in the flow times of the leachate and tap water. The filtering showed that the degree of compaction of the filter material is of great importance for the permeability, no conclusions regarding the water quality’s impact could be drawn. The characterization indicated that the leachate in Gräfsåsen contained high concentrations of BOD, POC, aluminum, sulfur, calcium and phosphorus. Analyzes and comparisons collectively indicated that metal oxides and carbonates precipitated in the filter. The calculations showed that the filter is dimensioned for an average flow rate less than what was assessed appropriate. The hydraulic conductivity of the filter material was lower than the consultant's recommendations, which in practice meant that the capacity of the filter was a third of the flow it intended to be designed for.