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leachate
noun
leach·ate
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Definition of leachate
: a solution or product obtained by leaching
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Waste in landfills can also contaminate water if the landfills aren’t designed with leachate in mind. — Teen Vogue, "Environmental Science Is Crucial to Combat Climate Change — So Why Isn't It a Mandatory Class?," 29 Apr. 2019 Also included in the plan are four groundwater monitoring wells, as well as surface-water monitoring systems to ensure no leachate seeps out. — Kathleen Mcwilliams, Courant Community, "Rocky Hill Residents Concerned Plan To Close Dump Will Harm Environment," 30 Apr. 2018 The owners of the farm have agreed to spend $724,000 on upgrades, including a new feed storage system that would prevent wet feed or leachate from leaking and contaminating waters. — Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Brad Schimel: Dairy farms, other polluters pay more than $225,000 in Wisconsin environmental fines," 6 Apr. 2018 At Fyli, the country’s largest landfill on the outskirts of Athens, bulldozers constantly reshape mountains of garbage in a quarried hillside, squeezing out a dark liquid called leachate to leave enormous stacks of brown-coated plastic. — Washington Post, "Under the sea: Fighting Greece’s plastic trash problem," 5 Apr. 2018 At Fyli, the country's largest landfill on the outskirts of Athens, bulldozers constantly reshape mountains of garbage in a quarried hillside, squeezing out a dark liquid called leachate to leave enormous stacks of brown-coated plastic. — Derek Gatopoulos And Theodora Tongas, The Christian Science Monitor, "How Greece is fighting its plastic trash problem beneath the waves," 5 Apr. 2018 At Fyli, the country's largest landfill on the outskirts of Athens, bulldozers constantly reshape mountains of garbage in a quarried hillside, squeezing out a dark liquid called leachate to leave enormous stacks of brown-coated plastic. — Fox News, "Under the sea: Fighting Greece's plastic trash problem," 5 Apr. 2018 Chlorine interacts with chemicals in the leachate and creates compounds including haloacetic acids (HAAs) and trihalomethanes (TTHM). — Dennis Pillion, AL.com, "Lawsuits allege pollution from landfill, drinking water led to colon cancer," 20 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'leachate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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leachate
noun
leach·ate
| \ ˈlē-ˌchāt
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Medical Definition of leachate
: a solution or product obtained by leaching
toxic leachates from improperly managed landfills
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