The potential impact of leachate-contaminated groundwater of an ex-landfill site at Taman Beringin Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Atta, Mustapha; Yaacob, Wan Zuhairi Wan; Jaafar, Othman

doi:10.1007/s12665-014-3675-x

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“…The elevated total height is almost 40 m from the foot of the landfill (90 m above sea level). Atta et al (2015) pointed out that ground level reaches up to 55.72 mRL in the landfill site. However, the ground level at the capped area of the landfill, which forms a plateau at the top central part of the landfill, is deeper and about 87.86 mRL (Uni-Technologies Sdn.…”

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“…Currently, there are ongoing activities and construction projects carried out to restore the site. The Taman Beringin ex-landfill site measures about 30-hectare (ha) and located at North Jinjang; about 10 km North West of Kuala Lumpur Federal Capital Territory of Malaysia at latitude 03° 13.78' North and longitude 101° 39.72' East (Atta et al, 2015). The elevated total height is almost 40 m from the foot of the landfill (90 m above sea level).…”

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Steady State Groundwater Flow Modeling of an Ex-Landfill Site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Atta

Yaacob²,

Jaafar³

2015

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

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Effective and rational management of groundwater resources require adequate information on the groundwater flow interactions with surface water and chemical species in the flow regime. The hydrologic conditions beneath the unlined ex-landfill site in Jinjang Kuala Lumpur were investigated to understand the groundwater flow and geochemical setting in which contaminants transport in the groundwater may occur in the ex-landfill. The MODFLOW 2000 was used to construct the groundwater flow regime. The model was set up and calibrated as a three (3) layer steady-state MODFLOW model. The MODFLOW model revealed that the hydraulic gradient of the groundwater flow in the landfill site is to the north-east, towards Jinjang River which is located on the eastern part of the landfill. There is also groundwater movement towards the south-east of the landfill towards the Nanyang and Wahyu Ponds. It was concluded that quick action is deemed necessary to protect Jinjang River and Nanyang Pond which are hydraulically connected with the same aquifer and the geochemical setting in which contaminants transport may occur in the ex-landfill is in the same direction as the flow of the two water bodies. Recommendations are suggested to reduce the groundwater level by pumping below the height of the river bed, so that there is no contamination to the river and pond via recharge of groundwater into the river, instead the river should recharge to the groundwater.

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Steady State Groundwater Flow Modeling of an Ex-Landfill Site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Atta

Yaacob²,

Jaafar³

2015

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

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“…Therefore, groundwater polluted by landfill leachate became a major environmental problem [3][4][5]. Depending on the type and the level of the chemicals elements of waste, the leachate can be a dangerous material affecting human health [6][7][8][9][10].…”

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Determination of leachate pollution content in soil using in-situ dielectric measurement

Dahim¹,

Ismail²,

Al-Mattarneh³

et al. 2019

Adv. Mater. Lett.

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This paper presents the development of an electromagnetic probe to accurately measure the soil electromagnetic properties such as dielectric constant and loss factor in the field. The in-site dielectric probe sensor is designed and methods have been developed to calibrate and validate the accuracy of the sensor in measuring dielectric properties of the material. Clean saturated sandy soil material with porosity 40% was used. The soil samples were contaminated by leachate from municipality solid waste from the landfill site. Five levels of leachate contamination were prepared, ranging from 0% to 10%. Dielectric properties of soil polluted sample were measured using the proposed in-site dielectric sensor. Dielectric properties of contaminated soil were evaluated at a different frequency and leachate content. The result showed that both dielectric constant and loss factor decree with increasing frequency due to the reduction of conductance current at high frequency. Also, the result showed that the dielectric properties of leachate-contaminated soil decrease with increasing leachate content while the loss factor increase with increasing leachate content. Mathematical models were developed to determine the relationship between soil dielectric constant, loss factor and soil leachate pollution content.

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“…It is important to consider that MSW irregular management of these activities causes negative environmental impacts. Local scale impacts such as contamination of soil, surface water and groundwater and on a global scale as emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly methane and carbon dioxide, are reported (El-Fadel et al 2002;Atta et al 2015;Wu et al 2015).…”

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Comparative Analysis of Biogas Generation for the Solid Waste Sector Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle With the Brazilian Model of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Areas With No Operational History

2018

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The city of Volta Redonda, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, has a controlled landfill of municipal solid waste (MSW) which was partially recovered in 2008. This disposal site has no data on the amount of waste volume landfilled. An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was used to capture images of the study area and through Geographic Information Systems (GIS) the biogas generation was determined. By overlaying the georeferenced images the contour lines were determined which enabled the creation of the 3D Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of the area with a resolution of 0.296349 m / pix. The DTM provided the determination of the volume of waste landfilled (535.755,79 m3) and the real surface area (36.770,96 m2) of the controlled landfill. These parameters allowed obtainment the maximum flow rate of methane generation of 16.539,82 m3 for 2007. The Brazilian model used to determination biogas generation in waste sector achieve a maximum flow rate of methane generation of 126.599,4 m3 for the year 2007. A significant difference between biogas generation in the two models was observed mainly due to the amount of waste determined in both models.

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The potential impact of leachate-contaminated groundwater of an ex-landfill site at Taman Beringin Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cited by 37 publications

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Steady State Groundwater Flow Modeling of an Ex-Landfill Site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Steady State Groundwater Flow Modeling of an Ex-Landfill Site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Determination of leachate pollution content in soil using in-situ dielectric measurement

Comparative Analysis of Biogas Generation for the Solid Waste Sector Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle With the Brazilian Model of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Areas With No Operational History

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