| Autor: |
Edward S. K. Chian, Foppe B. DeWalle |
| Rok vydání: |
1981 |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal - American Water Works Association. 73:206-211 |
| ISSN: |
0003-150X |
| DOI: |
10.1002/j.1551-8833.1981.tb04681.x |
| Popis: |
The majority of municipal and industrial solid wastes is disposed of in landfills. Although sanitary landfill guidelines have reduced the immediate public health hazards from vector exposure, environmental degradation can occur through leaching of organics and inorganics from the solid waste by infiltrating rainwater. This study evaluates the migration of leachate containing trace contaminants away from a solid waste landfill located upstream from an artesian well field operated by a local water company. Explosive methane and carbon dioxide gas generated during anaerobic solid waste decomposition can migrate away from a solid waste landfill, and leachate can contaminate downstream groundwater with its toxic substances. Analysis of leachate for organics has shown the presence of nine free volatile fatty acids and high molecular weight humic substances’ and five alcohols.’ A study using vacuum distillation has noted the presence of 40 organics in leachate collected from a municipal landfill.:’ Dunlap et al’ have detected 50 organics in well water collected near a municipal landfill. An industrial fill, such as the one in Love Canal, can release as many as 82 different organic compounds.” Site characteristics |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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