Analysis of leachate pollution index and formulation of sub-leachate pollution indices

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-239

  Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Alappat, Babu J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental indices; Leachate; Leachate pollution index; Sanitary landfills; Waste management; Wmr 770 9

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICES; LEACHATE POLLUTION DATA; LEACHATE POLLUTION INDEX; MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; LANDFILL LEACHATE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMONIA; METAL; OXYGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 24944561587     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X05054875     Document Type: Article

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