Abstract:Open dumpsites such as Payatas dumpsite situated in Quezon City, Philippines could pose environmental and health risk. This is in addition to the fact that Payatas dumpsite is located at the edge of the hydrologic divide between the Novaliches Reservoir and Marikina River System. A series of groundwater samplings were conducted in eighteen water well sites peripheral to both the old and new dumpsites of Payatas. Physico-chemical analyses were performed and results were compared to Philippines’ National Standar… Show more
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