Wastewater Synthetic lechate* Young lechate Treatment Organic loads** yield Organic loads** yield Organic loads** yield Pilot unit 0.16 91% 1.33 99% 2.5 91.61% Reactor 1 0.5 84% 4 85% 8 26% Reactor 2 0.09 4% 0.6 12% 6.69 36% Reactor 3 0.07 3% 0.5 3% 4.25 82%

*The synthetic leachate is composed mainly of glucose and peptone (composition is adapted from Trabelsi [15]) **Kg TOC/m3/d TOC=Total Organic Carbon

Table 3: The yield of the reactors and the pilot reactor landfill leachate from the Jbel Chekir landfill south west of Tunis, Tunisia.

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