A new system for groundwater contamination hazard rating of landfills

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 344-357

  Singh, Raj Kumar ^a   Datta, Manoj ^a   Nema, Arvind Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater contamination; Hazard rating systems; Landfills; Site hazard score; Source pathway receptor

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIOREMEDIATION; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 70449674222     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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