Groundwater quality assessment near a municipal landfill, Lagos, Nigeria

Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-44

  Longe, E O ^a   Balogun, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Contamination; Groundwater; Leachate; Municipal; Quality and stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION RISKS; DRINKING WATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT; LANDFILL OPERATIONS; LANDFILL SITE; LEACHATE; LEACHATE COLLECTION SYSTEMS; LEACHATES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MEASURED PARAMETERS; MUNICIPAL; MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NIGERIA; NIGERIANS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; QUALITY AND STRATIGRAPHY; SILTY CLAY; SOIL STRATIGRAPHY; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WATER STANDARDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; MANGANESE; POTABLE WATER; REFUSE DISPOSAL; STANDARDS; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 78649331930     PISSN: 20407459     EISSN: 20407467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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