Objective The objective is to determine, by laboratory and field investigation, the factors controlling the migration and attenuation of organic priority pollutants in landfill pollution plumes. The work will focus on 2 landfill sites in comparable geological settings in unconsolidated glacial sand aquifers, one in Denmark which has received predominantly domestic waste, and another in the United Kingdom where hazardous waste has been codisposed with domestic waste and where there is likely to be a greater range of xenobiotic organic compounds and higher concentrations of heavy metals. Investigations already carried out at the 2 sites provide background data on the pollution plumes to be studied. By combining the results on the attenuation of the priority pollutants with a hydrogeological solute transport model for the sites, a first generation model for redox zone development and pollutant fate will be developed in order to provide means for evaluation of the migration of leachate priority pollutants in groundwater. The work will involve a number of discrete phases with well defined activities and objectives : determination of redox zones; detailed characterization of redox zones; in situ and back up laboratory experiments; and modelling and integration of results. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistrynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes Programme(s) FP2-STEP - Two specific research and technological development programmes (EEC) in the field of the environment STEP/EPOCH - STEP -, 1989-1992 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Danmarks Tekniske Universitet EU contribution No data Address 2800 Lyngby Denmark See on map Total cost No data Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) France EU contribution No data Address Avenue de Concyr 45060 Orléans See on map Total cost No data Natural Environment Research Council United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address NG12 5GG Nottingham See on map Total cost No data
