Monitoring of Leachate Migration in the Unsaturated Zone in the Vicinity of Sanitary Landfills (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Thomas M. Johnson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0428167721 ISBN 13: 9780428167721

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how leachate from landfills travels through the unsaturated zone and how monitoring helps protect groundwater. Learn why liner performance and soil layers matter, and what methods best reveal contamination risks.

This report examines three Illinois landfills to study the movement and quality of leachate in coarse- and fine-grained soils. It covers observation wells, soil-water samplers, and chemical analyses to show how contaminants can migrate even when monitoring devices seem unaffected.

The book explains how unsaturated conditions, liner design, and soil textures influence leachate flow, and it discusses the practical challenges of protecting groundwater at dump sites. It also compares lab and field findings on sampling methods for highly contaminated leachate.

• How leachate forms and moves beneath different landfill designs


• What lysimeters, wells, and soil samples reveal about contamination extent


• Why liner permeability and soil characteristics affect mitigation success


• How laboratory tests relate to real-world monitoring at disposal sites

Ideal for readers of environmental geology and landfill engineering who want clear, practical insight into monitoring and protecting groundwater.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0428167721
• ISBN 13: 9780428167721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96