. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 7.

Published in final edited form as: J Environ Eng (New York). 2023 Sep;149(9):1–9. doi: 10.1061/joeedu.eeeng-7218

Table 1.

Background information on study site data and statewide distribution of average LCS and LDS leachate collection rates for all 54 study landfills

State	Number of study sites	Number of cell areas	Range of years for data availability	Time-weighted-average LCS rate ( L ha⁻¹ day⁻¹)^a		Time-weighted-average LDS rate ( L ha⁻¹ day⁻¹)^a
State	Number of study sites	Number of cell areas	Range of years for data availability	Range	Median	Range	Median
NY	29	147	0.2–15.0	2,213 (237)–17,557 (1,877)	5,926 (634)	5.8 (0.6)–336 (35.9)	39.2 (4.2)
FL	11	42	0.3–16.5	1,104 (118)–15,469 (1,654)	3,499 (374)	1.8 (0.2)–212 (22.7)	78.4 (8.4)
NH	7	13	0.2–21.0	380 (41)–22,359 (2,390)	4,891 (523)	2.2 (0.2)–537 (57.4)	138 (14.8)
NJ	4	15	0.5–3.5	2,326 (249)–9,514 (1,017)	5,103 (546)	20.1 (2.1)–577 (61.7)	218 (23.3)
AR	1	12	3.6–13.1	3,925 (420)		73.4 (7.8)
CA	1	2	6.0	897 (96)		8.6 (0.9)
PA	1	9	1.0–9.5	1,636 (175)		7.0 (0.7)

Numbers in parentheses are flow rates in gallons per acre per day.