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Protecting Water Resources from the Effects of Landfill Sites: Foxhall Landfill Site
Author(s) -
PALMER C.,
YOUNG P. J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1991.tb00686.x
Subject(s) - sump (aquarium) , environmental science , groundwater , aquifer , water quality , environmental engineering , surface water , irrigation , pollution , hydrology (agriculture) , sanitary sewer , groundwater flow , waste management , geology , engineering , geotechnical engineering , ecology , biology
This paper describes the work carried out to protect both ground and surface waters close to the Suffolk County Council Foxhall landfill sites. Monitoring of groundwater showed that a deterioration was occurring, likely to impact adversely on water quality in the adjacent stream. The National Rivers Authority expressed their concern, and measures have been introduced to eliminate this pollution risk. Contaminated groundwaters flowing towards a local watercourse are intercepted by a ‘Trammel’type geotextile cut‐off drain and flow to a central collection sump. Automatic monitoring of contaminant levels at this point controls the treatment and disposal options. Where quality is unacceptable for discharge to the local watercourse, the intercepted groundwaters are treated by irrigation onto the capped surface of a restored landfill. If quality remains unacceptable for discharge, further irrigation treatment or discharge to a percolation area utilizing aquifer attenuation properties is possible.