Deterioration of groundwater quality in the vicinity of an active open-tipping site in West Malaysia

There is an urgent need for characterization of leachate arising from waste disposal to ensure a corresponding effective leachate management policy. Field and laboratory studies have been carried out to investigate the impact of municipal landfill leachate on the underlying groundwater at a site...

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Main Author: ., Bahaa-eldin EA Rahim, I Yusoff, AR Samsudin, WZW Yaacob, AGM Raf
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10040-009-0567-3
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spelling my.utp.eprints.121632017-05-18T01:34:12Z Deterioration of groundwater quality in the vicinity of an active open-tipping site in West Malaysia ., Bahaa-eldin EA Rahim, I Yusoff, AR Samsudin, WZW Yaacob, AGM Raf T Technology (General) There is an urgent need for characterization of leachate arising from waste disposal to ensure a corresponding effective leachate management policy. Field and laboratory studies have been carried out to investigate the impact of municipal landfill leachate on the underlying groundwater at a site in West Malaysia. The solid waste was disposed of directly onto an unprotected natural soil formation. This situation was made worse by the shallow water table. 2010-06 Article PeerReviewed http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10040-009-0567-3 ., Bahaa-eldin EA Rahim, I Yusoff, AR Samsudin, WZW Yaacob, AGM Raf (2010) Deterioration of groundwater quality in the vicinity of an active open-tipping site in West Malaysia. Deterioration of groundwater quality in the vicinity of an active open-tipping site in West Malaysia . http://eprints.utp.edu.my/12163/
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., Bahaa-eldin EA Rahim, I Yusoff, AR Samsudin, WZW Yaacob, AGM Raf
Deterioration of groundwater quality in the vicinity of an active open-tipping site in West Malaysia
description There is an urgent need for characterization of leachate arising from waste disposal to ensure a corresponding effective leachate management policy. Field and laboratory studies have been carried out to investigate the impact of municipal landfill leachate on the underlying groundwater at a site in West Malaysia. The solid waste was disposed of directly onto an unprotected natural soil formation. This situation was made worse by the shallow water table.
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author ., Bahaa-eldin EA Rahim, I Yusoff, AR Samsudin, WZW Yaacob, AGM Raf
author_facet ., Bahaa-eldin EA Rahim, I Yusoff, AR Samsudin, WZW Yaacob, AGM Raf
author_sort ., Bahaa-eldin EA Rahim, I Yusoff, AR Samsudin, WZW Yaacob, AGM Raf
title Deterioration of groundwater quality in the vicinity of an active open-tipping site in West Malaysia
title_short Deterioration of groundwater quality in the vicinity of an active open-tipping site in West Malaysia
title_full Deterioration of groundwater quality in the vicinity of an active open-tipping site in West Malaysia
title_fullStr Deterioration of groundwater quality in the vicinity of an active open-tipping site in West Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Deterioration of groundwater quality in the vicinity of an active open-tipping site in West Malaysia
title_sort deterioration of groundwater quality in the vicinity of an active open-tipping site in west malaysia
publishDate 2010
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10040-009-0567-3
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/12163/
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