Experimental investigations of leaching of sodium calcium potassium and zinc through refuse soil from boragaon landfill guwahati

Abstract

Landfills are one of the prominent forms of disposal of waste generated from urban areas The waste dump landfills interact with atmosphere rainwater and soil moisture and produce landfill leachates The leachate may migrate through the vadoze zone and cause pollution of the subsurface aquifer In recent years public as well as scientific community have raised intense concerns over pollution of groundwater resources due to spillage of hazardous elements from land surface to the underlying aqu newline newline