Avaliação da recalcitrância e toxicidade de lixiviado bruto e tratado por processos primário e secundário.

Abstract

Leachate from Municipal Solid Waste are characterized by high concentration of refractory organic matter, ammonia and toxic compounds. In this context, the objective of this study is to evaluate the chemical composition, the recalcitrance and toxicity of raw and treated leachate for treatment processes (physical and biological) from the Gramacho Metropolitan Landfill, located in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The results showed higher aerobic biodegradability in the effluent physicochemical with percentages ranging from 7% to 35%. The nature of some compounds justifies the refractory nature of the leachate and alert the toxicity that can assign both the microorganisms involved in the process as human health when disposed improperly. Thus, it was observed that it is necessary to adopt treatment systems that combine physical and chemical processes acting as a propost treatment of biological processes. Thus, the results show the importance of this type of characterization, as a source of information for the selection, design and evaluation of treatment systems.