Table 2. Characteristics of the landfill leachate during the experiments.

Item	Range
pH	6.87–8.53
Conductivity (mS cm−1)	13.47–16.35
Alkalinity as CaCO3, mg L−1	11100–16000
COD (mg L−1)	1532–12633
BOD5 (mg L−1)	713–648
NH4+-N (mg L−1)	953–3340
PO43−-P (mg L−1)	9.9–26.2