Impact of leachate on groundwater pollution due to non-engineered municipal solid waste landfill sites of erode city, Tamil Nadu, India

Nagarajan, R.; Thirumalaisamy, Subramani; Lakshumanan, Elango

doi:10.1186/1735-2746-9-35

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Impact of leachate on groundwater pollution due to non-engineered municipal solid waste landfill sites of erode city, Tamil Nadu, India

Published in Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering • Dec 1, 2012

Authors:

R. Nagarajan

Subramani Thirumalaisamy

Elango Lakshumanan

Abstract

Leachate and groundwater samples were collected from Vendipalayam, Semur and Vairapalayam landfill sites in Erode city, Tamil Nadu, India, to study the possible impact of leachate percolation on groundwater quality. Concentrations of various physicochemical parameters including heavy metals (Cd, Cr,...

Subject

Leachate

Groundwater

Environmental science

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