Objetivo TO HELP THE OWNER OF CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL LANDFILLS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF PRODUCTION AND RELEASE OF EFFLUENTS IN PROVIDING HIM WITH PROCEDURE FOR ESTABLISHING A FORECAST QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE WATER BALANCE. SECURE LANDFILLING IS NOW A GENERALLY ACCEPTED WAY TO DISPOSE OF MANY TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES. SUCH IMPERVIOUS SITES USUALLY BRING OUT VERY SOON THE PROBLEM OF LEACHATE MANAGEMENT. THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A GOOD PREVISIONAL WATER BALANCE AT SUCH SITES WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS RESEARCH SHOULD: - STUDY THE HYDROLOGIC BEHAVIOUR OF LANDFILL IN COMPARISON TO UNDISTURBED SOIL - EVALUATE ON THE FIELD THE EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTION OF COVER MATERIAL TO EVAPOTRANSPIRATION - DETERMINE WHICH PARAMETERS AFFECT THE PRODUCTION OF LEACHATE IN SECURE LANDFILLS - CALCULATE WATER BALANCE AND MEASURE POLLUTANT PRODUCTION - FIND WAYS OF CALCULATING FUTURE LEACHATE PRODUCTION FOR THE NEEDS OF THIS RESEARCH, THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS WILL BE MEASURED: RAINFALL RUNOFF ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION INITIAL WATER CONTENT OF WASTES FLUCTUATION OF THE WATER CONTENT OF IN SITU WASTES ON ALL SITES, CONVENTIONAL PIEZOMETERS WILL BE USED TO MEASURE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SATURATED WASTES ZONE. WATER QUALITY WILL ALSO BE ANALYSED, IN EACH PIEZOMETER. INFILTRATION THROUGH THE "IMPERVIOUS" SUBSTRATUM: THE MOVEMENT OF CONTAMINATION THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE LANDFILL WILL BE MONITORED. EFFLUENTS: THIS PARAMETER WILL BE DETERMINED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MEASUREMENTS OF LEACHATE FROM PUMPING WELLS OR SUMPS PLACED INTO THE WASTE; LEACHATE COMING INTO THE PONDS OR OTHER TREATMENT SYSTEMS; LEACHATE SENT BACK TO WASTE OR TO THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH SPRINKLING SYSTEMS AND LEACHATE REJECTED OUT OF THE SITE TO THE SURFACE WATER. THE QUALITY OF EFFLUENTS WILL BE ANALYSED. Programa(s) PRE-ENVPROT 3C - Sectoral research and development programme (EEC) in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) - indirect and concerted actions - Environmental protection -, 1981-1985 Tema(s) Data not available Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador Agence pour la Récupération et l'Élimination des Déchets Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 2 square La Fayette 49004 Angers Francia Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos