Pollution concentrations in runoff water from refuse piles

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:5912143

Guin, J A

In the processes of removal, refinement and disposal of raw materials, large quantities of waste products become exposed to weathering forces. Subsequent percolation, flushing, and oxidation results in the pollution of waterways, low-lying farmlands and underground aquifers with acidity, alkalinity, hardness, heavy metals, and undesirable organic materials such as tannin and lignin. The need for methodology for estimating the chemical nature and quantity of these leachates becomes more compelling as the extraction of natural materials accelerates. In this work a mass transfer model is formulated which describes the leaching of such pollutants from refuse piles. The model is applied to an actual refuse pile under natural precipitation and weathering conditions and found to adequately represent the pollutant concentrations in the rainfall runoff.

• Research Organization: Auburn Univ., AL (USA). Water Resources Research Inst.
• OSTI ID: 5912143
• Report Number(s): PB-289487
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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