The effects of a hazardous and a domestic waste landfill on the trace organic quality of chalk groundwater at a site in East Anglia

Detailed landfill leachate plume mapping using 2D and 3D electrical resistivity tomography - with correlation to ionic strength measured in screens

“…Areal contaminations are for instance the chemicals used in agriculture such as fertilizers and pesticides. Among the point source contaminations, landfills with various types of solid waste are quite common and can potentially generate contaminated leachate plumes (Barker et al, 1986;Baxter, 1985;Bjerg et al, 1999;Christensen et al, 2001;Cozzarelli et al, 2011). Over time some of the landfill waste materials degrade and dissolve, and as water perches through landfill leachate with inorganic and organic constituents are generated.…”

Persistent and emerging micro-organic contaminants in Chalk groundwater of England and France

“…This move towards intensive farming has led to the use of a wide array of organic compounds for pest and disease control over this period, the natural nutrient-poor status of the soils has also meant that large quantities of fertilisers have been used. As such, for many decades these aquifers have had a high loading of MOs from a range of sources including diffuse arable agriculture, discrete sources such as reticulated sewage systems, effluent from treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater, landfills and septic tanks (Baran et al, 2008;Baxter 1985aBaxter , 1985bChilton et al 2005;Foster et al 1991;Stuart et al, 2014).…”

PCBs Removing in Aged Landfill Leachate by an Innovative Biofilm Reactor with Biomass Carriers - <i>Luffa</i> Sponges

“…For example, there are sixteen priority-control organic pollutants detected in the leachate of DaTian landfill, GuangZhou [3]. Persistent organic pollutants(POPs), which are of semi-volatility, hydrophobicity, bioaccumulation, poor biodegradability and high toxicity, have been reported to be having potentially harmful effects on aquatic environment and public health [4,5]. There is a worldwide consensus that the POPs in landfill leachate need to be safely disposed of in its treatment plant [6].…”