This wastewater is either discharged directly into open water bodies or leaches into the subsoil.

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The Leaches, and many like them, will hope it is not as passive as all that.

ECONOMIST: Preserving farmland

It was uncertainty about the future that made the Leaches decide to put Woodlawn Farm in trust.

ECONOMIST: Preserving farmland

As a bonus, the Leaches also allowed access to hunters, fishermen and snowmobilers.

ECONOMIST: Preserving farmland

Money managers who were stars in 2006, and then shunned as economic leaches in 2008, were once again recognized as South Beach finance gurus.

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If it gets into the water, into the drinking water, and the heavy metal leaches out of the ash that can be hard to deal with.

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