期刊名称:International Journal of Environmental Science and Development
印刷版ISSN:2010-0264
出版年度:2016
卷号:7
期号:3
页码:207-210
DOI:10.7763/IJESD.2016.V7.769
摘要:AbstractAssessment of pollution potential of soil and groundwater by MSW landfill leachate in an industrial city of the eastern India has been carried out through physico-chemical characterization of soil and groundwater, identification of priority contaminants, batch adsorption and isotherm studies of priority contaminants. The study region used to receive wastes for 8-10 years in an area of 1000m × 500m before it was abandoned 3 years ago. Cr6+ has been taken as priority contaminant in the leachate because of its presence in the MSW dump site soil as seven times higher (10.16 mg/Kg) than the CCME standard. Hydrogeologically the dump area underlies potential unconfined aquifer with easterly flow direction of the groundwater. Depth of water table (0.91-5.92 m) suggests a thin zone of aeration which increases the possibility of the contaminant to reach groundwater. Batch equilibrium study revealed that the intermediate soil zone possess good resilience with respect to Cr6+ transport in the subsurface. Freundlich isotherm model provided the best fit (R2=0.9837, RMSE=0.89) to Cr6+ batch adsorption results. Multiple binding of Cr6+ was facilitated by the presence of higher concentration iron in the in-situ soil.