Consequences of raising the height of a landfill in a water-deficient climate

Waste Management

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1021-1036

  Blight, G E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MOISTURE; WATER POLLUTION;

LEACHATE FLOW; LEACHATE QUALITY; WATER BALANCE; WATER-DEFICIENT CLIMATE;

LAND FILL;

GROUND WATER; RAIN;

LANDFILL; LEACHATE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; FLUID BALANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEIGHT; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LEACHING; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER DEFICIT;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDES; METALS, HEAVY; RAIN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE; WORLD;

EID: 27144504691     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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