Leachate Definition

Leachate Sentence Examples

• The technologies developed for treating leachate have evolved to achieve compliance with increasingly strict discharge consent limits.

• Landfills are lined with clay and flexible synthetic membranes intended to prevent leachate escaping and contaminating the groundwater.

• At that time, the landfill site at Buckden in Cambridgeshire was generating leachate containing significant concentrations of herbicides, mecoprop and isoproturon.

• Rubbish dumps create a strong chemical cocktail called leachate.

• The report recommends a more detailed sampling and monitoring program and checks that discharged leachate is below recommended levels.