Title: Long-Term Hazard to Drinking Water Resources from Landfills Author: M. Struve, P. Spillmann, T. Dorrie ISBN: 0727735136 / 9780727735133 Format: Soft Cover Pages: 584 Publisher: Thomas Telford Year: 2009 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
The co-disposal of domestic waste with industrial waste can represent a serious hazard to prime sources of drinking water throughout the world. Containing the latest research on the risks to groundwater over time, this book provides a scientific case for more sustainable landfill construction - over overwhelming implications for changes in waste management legislation as well as engineering practice.
Examining each of the main stages of landfill decomposition and using extensive real-scale testing, the book trades theory for pragmatism and shows just how vulnerable groundwater is to contamination from old 'dormant' landfills. It then provides a new method for measuring the extent to which the ingress and egress of water can be controlled in landfill and the associated risks of groundwater contamination. The authors also offer practical suggestions for developing more sustainable and affordable waste management projects.
Coverage includes:
Long-term real-scale tests of landfills
Reducing risks to groundwater from old landfills
Aerobic treatment of landfill
Aeration and excavation
Protection of drinking water
Guidance on developing affordable water management projects
Based on over 30 years’ research, Long-term hazard to drinking water resources from landfills wills be core reading for research institutes and advisory committees of national and international decision-makers (WHO; FAO; EU), national and international administrative bodies and consulting engineers in environmental medicine, water management, hydrogeology and water management.
Preface, Foreword, Acknowledgements
Scientific Institutions and Their Research Groups to Investigate Waste Bodies
Dimensions, Symbols and Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 : Object and Concept of The Research Project Chapter 2 : Central Test Facility and Test Procedure Chapter 3 : Characterisation of Long-Term Effects Using Physical Measurements on Water and Solids Balance Chapter 4 : Detection of Water Movements, Evaporation Processes and Water Regeneration Using Environmental Isotopes 2H and 180 Chapter 5 : Characterisation of Flow Path Emissions Using Waste-Water Parameters Chapter 6 : Transportation of Industrial Contamination in The Flow Path Chapter 7 : Microbiological Investigations to Characterise Stabilisation Processes in Landfills Chapter 8 : Checking Biochemical Stability Using Reactivation Measures on Selected Deposits Chapter 9 : Testing The Material Stability of Soil-Like Substances and Plastics Concerning Reactivation Chapter 10 : Establishing The Long-Term Effects Using The Relationship of The Test Results Chapter 11 : Application of The Results to Waste Management Practice and Drinking Water Protection