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  2. Leachate - Wikipedia

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    Leachate is a widely used term in the environmental sciences where it has the specific ... making it difficult or dangerous to dispose of the sludge without ...

  3. Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure - Wikipedia

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    The leachate mixture is sealed in extraction vessel for general analytes, or possibly pressure sealed as in zero-headspace extractions (ZHE) for volatile organic compounds and tumbled for 18 hours to simulate an extended leaching time in the ground. It is then filtered so that only the solution (not the sample) remains and this is then analyzed.

  4. Groundwater pollution - Wikipedia

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    Groundwater pollution (also called groundwater contamination) occurs when pollutants are released to the ground and make their way into groundwater.This type of water pollution can also occur naturally due to the presence of a minor and unwanted constituent, contaminant, or impurity in the groundwater, in which case it is more likely referred to as contamination rather than pollution.

  5. Septic drain field - Wikipedia

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    Septic tank and septic drain field. Septic drain fields, also called leach fields or leach drains, are subsurface wastewater disposal facilities used to remove contaminants and impurities from the liquid that emerges after anaerobic digestion in a septic tank.

  6. Why that ‘raw water' trend is actually dangerous - AOL

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    The water is expensive, possibly dangerous, and insulting to people struggling for clean, treated water all over the world. So save yourself the $16 and enjoy the clean water we already have ...

  7. Health and environmental impact of the coal industry - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, due to few federal and state regulations concerning ash ponds, most power plants do not use geomembranes, leachate collection systems, or other flow controls often found in municipal solid waste landfills. [17] EPA promulgated more stringent requirements for ash ponds and landfills in its first national regulation in 2015 ...

  8. The new college student sex trend and why it's so dangerous

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    The honey packets discourse online raises an important question: Why do some young men feel a need to use honey packets in the first place, assuming they don't have a sexual health issue? "These ...

  9. ‘Like going to the moon’: Why this is the world’s most ...

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    The Drake Passage, between the southern tip of South America and Antarctic, is infamous as one of the most dangerous journeys on the planet. But why is it so rough – and how can you cross safely?