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LEACHATE MIGRATION FROM A SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY NEAR BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH FLORIDA.

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Abstract

Leachate from the Dade County Solid Waste Disposal Facility (SWDF) is migrating to the east (seaward) and to the south from the currently active disposal cell. Water levels and ground-water flow directions are strongly influenced by water-management practices. The SWDF is constructed over the salt-intruded part of the highly transmissive Biscayne aquifer and because of this, chloride ion concentrations and specific conductance levels could not be used as indicators of leachate concentrations. Leachate was detected in multi-depth wells located 75 meters to the south and 20 meters to the east of the active cell. Concentrations of water-quality indicators had mean concentrations generally 2 to 10 times higher than baseline conditions. Primary controls over leachate movement in the SWDF are water-management practices in the Black Creek and Gould Canals, configuration and integrity of the liner beneath the active cell, and low hydraulic gradients in the landfill area.

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Waller, B.G., Labowski, J.L., 1987, LEACHATE MIGRATION FROM A SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY NEAR BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH FLORIDA., Coastal Zone '87, Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management., v. 1, Seattle, WA, USA.

Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title LEACHATE MIGRATION FROM A SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY NEAR BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH FLORIDA.
ISBN 0872626024
Volume 1
Year Published 1987
Language English
Publisher ASCE
Publisher location New York, NY, USA
First page 681
Conference Title Coastal Zone '87, Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management.
Conference Location Seattle, WA, USA
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