Landfill Leachate Treatment by Bentonite Augmented Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) System

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As a developing country and one of the tropical tourism industry leaders, Malaysia is faced with environmental problems, such as the conversion of municipal solid waste landfill leachate into hazardous wastewater in mega cities. High concentrations of pollutants, toxic refractory component, and complex composition of landfill leachate have serious environmental impact. This study investigated a novel rapid treatment method to remove turbidity, suspended solid, color, and ammonia nitrogen. Bentonite augmented sequencing batch reactor with miscellaneous aeration (0.5–7.5 L/min) and contact time (1–3 h) is applied via response surface methodology in 13 runs. Results of this study show that in optimum circumstances, 93.63% of turbidity, 90.42% of total suspended solid, 76.33% of ammonia nitrogen (AN), and 45.96% color were removed in only three hours. Furthermore, natural bentonite is a cost effective adsorbent for landfill leachate treatment.

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