ABSTRACT
One of the best approaches to treatability studies which we have found is to determine values of the biokinetic parameters which govern the process. The leachate represented a rather high strength waste consisting largely of soluble organic matter, most of which exerted a biochemical oxygen demand. The sanitary landfill operated at Sandtown, by the Delaware Solid Waste Authority is a state-of-the-art facility in which leachate is collected and held on the site, but as yet there is no provision for its treatment. The leachate represented a rather high strength waste consisting largely of soluble organic matter, most of which exerted a biochemical oxygen demand. However, there is little doubt that insulation of the tanks could buffer the system against the seasonal temperature drop and thus provide further stabilization of operational conditions. During each run at a specific hydraulic detention time, mixed liquor from the chemostat was used as seed material for batch growth studies on various dilutions of the leachate.
