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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 16, No. 1, 54-62 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9801600107

Degradability of chlorinated aliphatic compounds in methanogenic leachates sampled at eight landfills

Annette Kromann

Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Liselotte Ludvigsen

Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen

Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Thomas H. Christensen

Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Jörgen Ejlertsson

Department of Water and Environmental Studies, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden

Bo H. Svensson

Department of Water and Environmental Studies, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden

The degradability of chlorinated aliphatic compounds (tetra chloromethane (TeCM); 1,1,1-trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA); 1,1,2-trichloroethane (1,1,2-TCA); tetrachloroethene/per chloroethylene (PCE); and trichloroethene/trichloroethylene (TCE)) was studied under methanogenic conditions in batch reactors with leachate from eight landfills in Denmark. All landfill leachates showed fast abiotic degradation of TeCM and 1,1,1-TCA, while 1,1,2-TCA seemed unaffected during the methanogenic incubation. PCE and TCE were degraded biologically by reductive dehalogenation, but only in three of the eight leachates. The conversion rates of the chlorinated ethenes (PCE, TCE, dichloroethene (DCE)) and monochlo roethene/vinyl chloride (VC) varied significantly between the three landfill leachates transforming chlorinated ethenes. In one leachate, complete conversion of all ethenes, including conversion of VC, was observed within 40 days, while another leachate during the same period showed only about 50% con version of PCE. This indicates that transformation of these common solvents in the landfill environment may vary sub stantially between landfills.

Key Words: Landfill • chlorinated chemicals • tetrachloroethene • tnchloroethene • 1,1,1-trichloroethane • tetrachloromethane • anaerobic transformation • reductive dehalogenation • dichloroethene • vinyl chloride • Denmark


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