Using best available information to conduct impact assessment of future climatic hazards on a landfill

Yahaya, Nurul Syazwani; Pereira, Joy Jacqueline; Taha, Mohd Raihan

doi:10.1007/s10584-021-03104-1

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“…Historic landfills are extremely vulnerable to climate change related hazards. The main effects are from changes in precipitation, storms, and water balance, for example, increased flooding or drought (Schneider et al, 2017;Yahaya et al, 2016Yahaya et al, , 2021Young et al, 2004). Projections for the detailed impacts of climate change on the hydrological cycle are uncertain and highly variable on national, regional, and global scales (IPCC, 2013).…”

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“…The flooding of landfills is a recognized environmental pollution risk (Arrighi et al, 2018; Laner et al, 2008; Wang et al, 2012). However, changes to in‐channel flow conditions could result in erosion and release of solid wastes and this has received considerably less thought (Brand & Spencer, 2019, 2020; Yahaya et al, 2021).…”

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Potential pollution risks of historic landfills in England: Further analysis of climate change impacts

Brand,

Spencer

2023

WIREs Water

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Five years ago, an article in WIREs Water provided the first comprehensive analysis of historic (legacy) landfill sites vulnerable to coastal flooding and erosion at a national scale (England). This update expands upon that article by considering the potential impacts of climate change upon inland historic landfills. Globally, there are hundreds of thousands of landfills that predate modern environmental regulations, and where waste is not isolated from the surrounding environment, but climate change impacts on the pollution risk from historic landfills in freshwater environments has received little attention. Where climate change causes an increase in the frequency and magnitude of fluvial flood events, this will increase leachate generation and the probability of landfill erosion and solid waste release. Where there is increased drought the landfill capping materials may crack, opening up new pollutant pathways, and increasing the risk of solid waste release. Changes to groundwater movement resulting from climate change may open new leachate pathways, and in England alone, thousands of historic landfills are in (groundwater) Source Protection Zones where modern regulations to protect drinking water supplies would not permit their construction. This increased contaminant release from historic landfills in freshwater environments may impact surface and/or groundwater quality and ecological health, increase costs for drinking water monitoring/treatment, or make some abstraction sources unviable. This is especially of concern where receptors are subject to multiple pressures and may cause tipping points to be reached. Further research is warranted into contaminant behavior, receptor vulnerability, historic landfill risk prioritization, and mitigation/remediation methods.This article is categorized under: Engineering Water > Engineering Water Science of Water > Water Quality Science of Water > Water and Environmental Change Water and Life > Stresses and Pressures on Ecosystems

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Potential pollution risks of historic landfills in England: Further analysis of climate change impacts

Brand,

Spencer

2023

WIREs Water

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A Review of Climate Change Impact on the Built Environment in Coastal Regions

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Amaratunga

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Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

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