In the urban environment,subsurface contamination is caused by municipal solid waste(MSW)and industrial and agricultural discharges.About 2.01 billion tons of MSW is generated globally each year,most of which is dispo...In the urban environment,subsurface contamination is caused by municipal solid waste(MSW)and industrial and agricultural discharges.About 2.01 billion tons of MSW is generated globally each year,most of which is disposed of in landfills.Countries in Asia and Pacific regions account for 43%of global waste generation,while India and China account for 27.45%of global waste generation.Most of the landfills operated in South-Asian countries are non-sanitary,leading to the percolation of leachate in the subsurface.Conventional hydrogeological and geochemical methods are primary indicators and detect high levels of critical parameters near landfills,indicating subsurface contamination from leachate.展开更多
基金support to bring out this publication(NGRI/Lib/2023/Pub-104)the Department of Science and Technology(DST),Government of India,for the INSPIRE fellowship(IF220569)+1 种基金carried out as a part of the project[GAP-861-28(TA)]supported by the Ministry of Earth Sciences(MoES),India,tenable at CSIR-NGRI,Hyderabad.
文摘In the urban environment,subsurface contamination is caused by municipal solid waste(MSW)and industrial and agricultural discharges.About 2.01 billion tons of MSW is generated globally each year,most of which is disposed of in landfills.Countries in Asia and Pacific regions account for 43%of global waste generation,while India and China account for 27.45%of global waste generation.Most of the landfills operated in South-Asian countries are non-sanitary,leading to the percolation of leachate in the subsurface.Conventional hydrogeological and geochemical methods are primary indicators and detect high levels of critical parameters near landfills,indicating subsurface contamination from leachate.
