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Ground‐Water Quality Beneath Solid‐Waste Disposal Sites at Anchorage, Alaska a
Author(s) -
Ze Chester,
Donaldson D. E.,
Grunwaldt J. J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1975.tb03075.x
Subject(s) - leachate , water table , municipal solid waste , groundwater , environmental science , table (database) , water quality , waste management , surface water , environmental engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , geotechnical engineering , engineering , ecology , biology , computer science , data mining
Studies at three solid‐waste disposal sites in the Anchorage area suggest that differences in local geohydrologic conditions influence ground‐water quality. A leachate was detected in ground water within and beneath two sites where the water table is very near land surface and refuse is deposited either at or below the water table in some parts of the filled areas. No leachate was detected in ground water beneath a third site where waste disposal is well above the local water table.