Definition of leachate
: a solution or product obtained by leaching
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Chlorine interacts with chemicals in the leachate and creates compounds including haloacetic acids (HAAs) and trihalomethanes (TTHM).
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First Known Use of leachate
1934
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