Geophysical mapping of contaminant leachate around a reclaimed open dumpsite

Leachate Pollution of Cocoyam and Pawpaw Crops Grown Around Anaekie Obiakor Illegal Dumpsite, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria

Leachate pollution of Aneakie Obiakor illegal dumpsite, Awka was studied. Leachate and plant samples (cassava and pawpaw) were collected from the waste dumpsite and control site during wet season, and analysed for level of concentration of 10 heavy metals; Cd, Zn, Cu, Ni, Pb, As, Hg, Cr, Fe using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric (AAS). The result was compared with the control and WHO/FAO st...

Water quality assessment for groundwater around a municipal waste dumpsite

The dataset for this article contains geostatistical analysis of the level to which groundwater quality around a municipal waste dumpsite located in Oke-Afa, Oshodi/Isolo area of Lagos state, southwestern has been compromised for drinking. Groundwater samples were collected from eight hand-dug wells and two borehole wells around or near the dumpsite. The pH, turbidity, salinity, conductivity, t...

Geophysical Monitoring of Leachate Recirculation at Orchard Hills Landfill

Spectroscopic Based Quantitative Mapping of Contaminant Elements in Dumped Soils of a Copper Mine

Possibility of mapping the distribution of Arsenic and Chromium in a mining area was investigated using combination of (VNIR) reflectance spectroscopy and geostatistical analysis. Fifty five soil samples were gathered from a waste dump at Sarcheshmeh copper mine and VNIR reflectance spectra were measured in a laboratory. Savitzky- Golay first derivative was used as the main pre-processing metho...

Effect of Electrical Conductivity (ec) on Growth Performance of Duckweed at Dumpsite Leachate

Two batch experiments were conducted during the months of June-July (summer) and September-October (fall) to determine the effect of Electrical Conductivity (EC) on nutrient and COD removal & uptake efficiency and growth of duckweed (Lemna minor) at leachate with various EC levels (500-3,000 μS cm -1 ) under the natural climatic conditions of Islamabad, Pakistan. Maximum removal rates (mg m -2 ...