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| Author: | Fatta, D. Naoum, D. Loizidou, M. |
| Title: | Integrated environmental monitoring and simulation system for use as a management decision support tool in urban areas |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2002 : APR, VOL. 64:4, p. 333-344 |
| Index terms: | ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS URBAN AREAS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Leachates are generated as a result of water or other liquid passing through waste at a landfill site. These contaminated liquids originate from a number of sources, including the water produced during the decomposition of the waste as well as rain-fall which penetrates the waste and dissolves the material with which it comes into contact. The penetration of the rain-water depends on the nature of the landfill. The uncontrolled infiltration of leachate into the vadose zone and finally into the saturated zone is considered to be the most serious environmental impact of a landfill. In the present paper the water flow and the pollutant transport characteristics of the Ano Liosia Landfill site in Athens were simulated by creating a model of groundwater flows and contaminant transport. |
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