leachate

leachate
/lee"chayt/, n.
a solution resulting from leaching, as of soluble constituents from soil, landfill, etc., by downward percolating ground water: Leachates in the town's water supply have been traced to a chemical-waste dump.
[1930-35; LEACH1 + -ATE2]

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