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What is a leachate?

What is a leachate? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The liquid produced when water percolates through any permeable material.
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The leachate was collected and then chemically converted to true saltpeter, potassium nitrate, by mixing it with a solution of potash.
True, leachate can lead to many lesser health problems and environmental effects that the EPA did not assess.
Sludge in the landfill ferments and produces polluting leachate and greenhouse gases.
All landfills, including those not in use, produce landfill gases and leachate, or water that has permeated the surrounding soil.
Many of these are soluble in water and become dissolved in any surplus moisture in the landfill site to produce a liquid mixture termed leachate.
Devices called lysimeters are sometimes inserted into the ground to collect subsurface water, called leachate.

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