Leachate characterization and assessment of groundwater pollution near municipal solid waste landfill site

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 435-456

  Mor, Suman ^a   Ravindra, Khaiwal ^b   Dahiya, R P ^a   Chandra, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Groundwater contamination; Health risk; Landfill; Leachate; Remedial measure; Solid waste; Tracer

Indexed keywords

LEACHATE PERCOLATION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS;

COLIFORM BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; HEALTH RISKS; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); REMEDIATION; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; NITRATE; PHENOL; SULFATE; WELL WATER; ZINC;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LANDFILL LEACHATE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

CHLORIDES; CITIES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; METALS; NITRATES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SULFATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; GAZIPUR; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 32344451424     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-1505-7     Document Type: Article

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