Application of a contaminant mass balance method at an old landfill to assess the impact on water resources

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2406-2417

  Thomsen, Nanna I ^a   Milosevic, Nemanja ^a   Bjerg, Poul L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clay till; Contaminant mass balance; Groundwater; Landfill leachate; Mass discharge; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION PROCESS; DENMARK; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LEACHATES; LIMESTONE AQUIFERS; MASS BALANCE; MASS-BALANCE METHOD; MASS-DISCHARGE; RECEIVING WATERS; SANDY AQUIFERS; SCREENING LEVEL; SOURCE COMPOSITION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STUDY SITES; UNLINED LANDFILLS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHATE TREATMENT; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GROUND WATER;

AMMONIUM; AQUIFER; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GROUNDWATER; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINANT MASS BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

DENMARK; SJAELLAND;

EID: 84870250218     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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