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Groundwater contamination: Risk management and assessment for landfills in Mar del Plata, Argentina
Fecha
2001-03Registro en:
Bocanegra, Elisa Maria; Massone, Hector Enrique; Martinez, Daniel Emilio; Civit, Estela Maria; Farenga, Marcelo Omar; Groundwater contamination: Risk management and assessment for landfills in Mar del Plata, Argentina; Springer; Environmental Geology; 40; 6; 3-2001; 732-741
0943-0105
1432-0495
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Bocanegra, Elisa Maria
Massone, Hector Enrique
Martinez, Daniel Emilio
Civit, Estela Maria
Farenga, Marcelo Omar
Resumen
This study presents a program for risk management in the contamination of groundwater resulting from leachate in landfills at Mar del Plata (Argentina). The program includes prediction, prevention, monitory observation and mitigation as actions that must be taken prior to, during, and after contamination occurs. This routine aids in the identification of weak points and failures of the program for those who are in charge of making decisions, and will allow better use of limited financial and technical resources based on planning, thus minimizing disconnected determinations. Results of the prediction stage were confirmed through monitoring. The presence of a plume of contamination more than 100 m from the landfill was shown, thus proving that implementation of a monitoring plan to follow the development of the contaminated plume must be implemented, particularly in populated areas which depend on residential wells for their water supply.