Open AccessINVESTIGATION AND EVALUATION OF LANDFILL LEACHATE PERMEABILITY IN THE SOIL
Author(s) -
Saulius Vasarevičius,
Jelena Čegariova,
Danutė Sližytė
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of environmental engineering and landscape management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1822-4199
pISSN - 1648-6897
DOI - 10.3846/16486897.2005.9636857
Subject(s) - leachate , air permeability specific surface , permeability (electromagnetism) , soil water , environmental science , heavy metals , metal , environmental engineering , soil science , environmental chemistry , waste management , materials science , chemistry , metallurgy , engineering , composite material , biochemistry , layer (electronics) , membrane
Today waste management is one of the most important environmental problems, danger that used landfills and their collected leachate can cause. This paper analyses the filtration coefficient of soils typical of landfill assessment by air conditions and different density of soils. Heavy metal concentrations were determined by using the flame absorption spectrometric method. Besides, the results of modeling heavy metal permeability are presented here. Dependence of heavy metal permeability characteristics on soil density are described. Experimental investigation and modeling of heavy metal permeability in the soil allowed us to determine that the least permeable soil is dusty sandy grit.