Groundwater Contamination at Landfill Site

Hamidi Abdul Aziz; Mohd Shahrir Mohd Zahari; Mohammed J.K. Bashir; Yung Tse Hung

doi:10.1142/9789814449175_0013

Groundwater Contamination at Landfill Site

Hamidi Abdul Aziz, Mohd Shahrir Mohd Zahari, Mohammed J.K. Bashir, Yung Tse Hung

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© 2014 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Improper design of landfill sites may cause serious problems to groundwater. Leachate, a very concentrated pollutant generated from the decomposition of waste and by precipitation, may penetrate through the waste layers and go straight to the aquifer. This chapter discusses some background on groundwater resource, its properties, and monitoring at landfill sites. Pulau Burung landfill in Penang, Malaysia was taken as the case study site where boreholes and monitoring wells were sampled and the results discussed.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Environment and Waste Management: Volume 2: Land and Groundwater Pollution Control
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814449175_0013
State	Published - Jan 1 2013

Keywords

Borehole
Groundwater
Landfill
Leachate
Monitoring well

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Civil and Environmental Engineering

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