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Assessment of Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Contaminant Dispersion of Aquifer around Keumsan Municipal Landfill  

Oh, In-Suk (Korea Institute of Water and Environment, KWATER)
Ko, Kyung-Seok (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Kong, In-Chul (Department of Environmental Engineering, Yeungnam University)
Ku, Min-Ho (Department of Geoenvironmental Sciences, Kongju National University)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.41, no.6, 2008 , pp. 657-672 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purposes of this study are to investigate the hydrogeochemical characteristics of groundwaters around Keumsan municipal landfill, and to evaluate the contaminant dispersion from the landfill and its environmental impact. To achieve these goals, groundwater quality logging, hydrochemical analysis, multivariate statistical analysis, and contaminant transport modeling were performed. The water quality logging indicated a leaking from the landfill at the depth of 4-12m around a leachate sump. Electrical conductivity data indicated that groundwaters within 70-100m from landfill were affected by the landfill leakage. Principal components 1 and 2 obtained from principal components analysis (PCA) reflect the influence of leachate and the characteristics of aquifer media, respectively. The results of principal component analysis also indicated the natural attenuation processes such as cation exchange, sorption, and microbial biodegradation. The modeling results showed that groundwater flow westward along a valley from the landfill and contaminants transport accordingly.
Keywords
landfill; leachate; principal components analysis; groundwater flow; contaminant transport;
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