Table 8 Ion Concentration in Leachate from fly Ash and bottom Ash (mg/L).

From: Experimental and modeled analysis of contaminant mobility in coal fly ash landfills under continuous rainfall regimes

Ion

Fly ash

Bottom ash

Upper limit of monitoring indicators

ash outlet

ash storage yard

taphole

slag dump

China

GB/T14848-2017

WHO

98/83/EC

USA

MCL(MCLG)

EU

JAPAN

WQC

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

Cd

0.0102

0.0024

null

0.0024

null

0.0024

null

null

0.005

0.003

0.005

0.005

0.01

Pb

0.2667

0.1833

0.1833

0.1000

0.1000

0.1833

null

null

0.01

0.01

0.015

0.01

0.01

Cu

0.0185

0.0088

0.0088

0.0088

null

null

null

null

1.0

1.0

1.3

2.0

1.0

Cr

0.0989

0.1538

null

0.0989

0.0440

null

null

null

0.05

0.05

0.1

0.05

0.05

Ni

0.2128

0.0528

0.1806

0.0368

0.1806

0.0048

0.1648

null

0.02

0.02

 

0.02

0.01

As

null

null

null

null

null

null

null

null

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

Hg

0.0002

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.001

0.001

0.002

0.001

0.0005

Se

null

0.0001

null

0.0001

null

0.0001

null

0.0001

0.01

0.01

0.05

0.01

0.01

F

3.1920

3.635

2.8886

3.3750

0.6055

1.1500

0.5525

0.7700

1.0

1.5

4.0

1.5

0.8

Cl

149.63

154.55

107.36

139.31

2.9585

13.413

2.6055

null

250

250

250

250

200

SO42−

723.70

727.86

709.19

720.03

792.88

813.26

791.54

771.44

250

250

250

250

 
  1. Bold value represents ion concentration exceeding permitted levels of Standard.