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Article

Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Contamination Resulting from a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill—A Case Study in Lianyungang, China

by
Ge Chen
1,*,
Yajun Sun
1,
Zhimin Xu
1,
Xuekai Shan
2 and
Zhengliang Chen
2
1
School of Resources and Geosciences, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
2
Jiangsu Keyida Environmental Protection Technologies Co. Ltd., Yancheng 224005, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Water 2019, 11(12), 2496; https://doi.org/10.3390/w11122496
Submission received: 8 October 2019 / Revised: 23 November 2019 / Accepted: 25 November 2019 / Published: 26 November 2019
(This article belongs to the Section Hydrology)
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Abstract

Groundwater contaminations based on the release and transportation of leachate from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are a potential hazard to the ecosystem and its inhabitants. In this study, nine chemical compositions of groundwater quality were collected and analysed from 16 monitoring wells and two ponds around the Diaoyushan MSW landfill in the north of Jiangsu Province, China. Multiple analyses were performed to assess the redox conditions and the groundwater environment. It was indicated that the landfill was in a low and stable biodegradability phase, and the most influential phase was the initial stage of the landfill site; the leachate leakage was the principal pollution source (49.18%) for the local groundwater environment. Artificial drainage of Dongdasha village expanded the contaminant plume scopes and deteriorated water quality further. The polluted groundwater area was provided with high concentrations of total hardness, Cl−, SO42−, total dissolved solids (TDS) and Pb.
Keywords: factor analysis; leachate; shallow groundwater contamination; municipal solid waste landfill factor analysis; leachate; shallow groundwater contamination; municipal solid waste landfill

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Chen, G.; Sun, Y.; Xu, Z.; Shan, X.; Chen, Z. Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Contamination Resulting from a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill—A Case Study in Lianyungang, China. Water 2019, 11, 2496. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11122496

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Chen G, Sun Y, Xu Z, Shan X, Chen Z. Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Contamination Resulting from a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill—A Case Study in Lianyungang, China. Water. 2019; 11(12):2496. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11122496

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Chen, Ge, Yajun Sun, Zhimin Xu, Xuekai Shan, and Zhengliang Chen. 2019. "Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Contamination Resulting from a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill—A Case Study in Lianyungang, China" Water 11, no. 12: 2496. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11122496

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Chen, G., Sun, Y., Xu, Z., Shan, X., & Chen, Z. (2019). Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Contamination Resulting from a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill—A Case Study in Lianyungang, China. Water, 11(12), 2496. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11122496

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