Determination of trigger levels for groundwater quality in landfills located in historically human-impacted areas

Stefania, Gennaro A.; Zanotti, Chiara; Bonomi, T; Fumagalli, Letizia

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2018.01.043

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“…In the group of microelements, Fe and Mn were typically determined as indicative parameters as expected [8,24], since both occur in areas where the reduction conditions downstream of the landfill are significant [3]. The metals B, Co, and Ni were also detected at more than 50% of the landfills, as expected [48].…”

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“…One of the problems of landfill impact assessment is the determination of background conditions in the landfill area [8,16]. Several appropriate waste management strategies have been developed to support the assessment of background conditions at the local scale [24]. However, in many real conditions, the monitoring network was established after the start of landfill activities or without adequate knowledge of the in situ hydrogeological conditions.…”

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“…However, in many real conditions, the monitoring network was established after the start of landfill activities or without adequate knowledge of the in situ hydrogeological conditions. Previous studies [24][25][26][27] have indicated that natural backgrounds can only be determined from a representative geochemical set by sampling groundwater. High metal levels exceeding groundwater acceptable threshold values are broadly and pre-emptively correlated to local pollution, completely ignoring the geogenic natural background levels [8].…”

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Synoptic Risk Assessment of Groundwater Contamination from Landfills

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

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“…In current water regulations on Earth, several procedures have been recommended to distinguish between elements of geogenic and anthropogenic origin, elucidate the spatial distribution of chemical elements, identify the source of pollution, and estimate the related risks for human health and activities. The detection of anomalies in the concentration of major and trace chemical elements is one of the main tasks in the adopted statistical approaches (Reimann et al, 2005; Biddau et al, 2017; Stefania et al, 2018). Probability plots, in combination with a data pre-selection, were proposed to graphically represent trends and discontinuities, also identifying data exceeding fixed percentile values (generally the 90th, 95th, and 97.7th percentile outliers) (Preziosi et al, 2014).…”

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Water Quality and Total Microbial Load: A Double-Threshold Identification Procedure Intended for Space Applications

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During longer-lasting future space missions, water renewal by ground-loaded supplies will become increasingly expensive and unmanageable for months. Space exploration by self-sufficient spacecrafts is thus demanding the development of culture-independent microbiological methods for in-flight water monitoring to counteract possible contamination risks. In this study, we aimed at evaluating total microbial load data assessed by selected early-warning techniques with current or promising perspectives for space applications (i.e., HPC, ATP-metry, qPCR, flow cytometry), through the analysis of water sources with constitutively different contamination levels (i.e., chlorinated and unchlorinated tap waters, groundwaters, river waters, wastewaters). Using a data-driven double-threshold identification procedure, we presented new reference values of water quality based on the assessment of the total microbial load. Our approach is suitable to provide an immediate alert of microbial load peaks, thus enhancing the crew responsiveness in case of unexpected events due to water contamination and treatment failure. Finally, the backbone dataset could help in managing water quality and monitoring issues for both space and Earth-based applications.

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“…A fim de limitar seus impactos sobre os recursos hídricos subterrâneos, as atuais regulamentações ambientais impõem a adoção de medidas adequadas para a proteção da qualidade das águas subterrâneas (STEFANIA et al, 2018).…”

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Resíduos sólidos: evidências científicas sobre sua disposição final e impactos ambientais

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Silva

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A Gestão dos Resíduos Sólidos Urbanos (RSU) é uma das grandes demandas ambientais do mundo contemporâneo e os problemas enfrentados por sua destinação inadequada são ainda maiores por causa do aumento desproporcional da geração de resíduos em volume, resultante de um contexto de maior urbanização, crescimento populacional e globalização econômica. Tendo em vista que atualmente as principais formas de destinação dos Resíduos Sólidos utilizadas não tem conseguido solucionar de maneira satisfatória a maioria dos problemas ambientais, existe cada vez mais a necessidade de encontrar não só alternativas para disposição final, mas opções que considerem o problema de maneira sistêmica evidenciando modelo produtivo e ambiental como um todo a fim de formular estratégias, promover a sustentabilidade ambiental e a melhoria da qualidade de vida da população. Nesse contexto, a presente pesquisa foi realizada objetivando-se analisar as contribuições mais recentes publicadas na literatura científica, através da revisão sistêmica, pela consulta de bancos de dados virtuais de relevância mundial a fim de avaliar a eficiência ambiental e econômica partindo como princípio a disposição final dos RSU em diferentes países. Diante dos resultados obtidos verifica-se o crescimento acelerado das pesquisas que tratam dos impactos ambientais associados a disposição de resíduos, sendo evidenciados em maior proporção as áreas afetadas em detrimento dos impactos provocados aos seres vivos.

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Determination of trigger levels for groundwater quality in landfills located in historically human-impacted areas

Cited by 21 publications

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Synoptic Risk Assessment of Groundwater Contamination from Landfills

Synoptic Risk Assessment of Groundwater Contamination from Landfills

Water Quality and Total Microbial Load: A Double-Threshold Identification Procedure Intended for Space Applications

Resíduos sólidos: evidências científicas sobre sua disposição final e impactos ambientais

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