Synoptic Risk Assessment of Groundwater Contamination from Landfills

• DOI: 10.3390/en15145150
• Publication Date: 2022-07-18T01:00:28Z
• Authors: Sonja Cerar; Luka Serianz; Katja Koren; Joerg Prestor; Nina Mali
• Keywords: Groundwater Pollution; Impact assessment; Prioritization

Waste management in Europe has improved recent years, reducing the amount of waste disposed at landfills. However, there are still many landfills countries. It is well known that do not have measures place to control leachate entering groundwater can contaminate long after landfill closed. Collecting monitoring results from all allows permitting and agencies improve action plans. This relies on a synoptic risk assessment prioritization milestones be set for required actions. The developed method based conceptual model chemical tested 69 Slovenia. study confirms most direct or indirect impact quality. All were classified into three priority classes basis assessment. show total 24 clearly pronounced groundwater. A 31 less due favorable natural attenuation capacity soil technically appropriate design itself. 14 negligible