Land Use Suitability Assessment of the Zanjan's Landfill Site Using Hydrogeological Data and Geoelectrical Surveys

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Geophysics Department, Earth Sciences Faculty, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, Iran

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In this study, climatological, geological, hydrogeological and geophysical investigations were carried out in order to assess the environmental suitability of a waste landfill located 13 km southwest of Zanjan. Achieving this aim was based on developing a GIS-based model, geoelectrical surveying and the measurement of infiltration rate using a double-ring infiltrometer in the landfill. The assessment of the vulnerability of the aquifer to pollution showed that the landfill is situated in a moderate vulnerable area. Double ring permeability tests confirm the landfill is an acceptable site showing a relatively low permeability rate. In this study, using ten vertical electrical soundings in Schlumberger array, it is shown that the electrical resistivity of deposits in the landfill varies from 20-35 Ω-m for fresh and wet dumps to 120-200 Ω-m for dry and old dumps. The leachate plume has a width of about one km and spreads to a depth of about 55 m. The shape of the plume shows the leachate migration is towards the northeast. Considering the estimated groundwater depth at more than 86 m and calculated infiltration rate equal to 1.95 mm/hour, it can be concluded that the contaminant plume will not reach the water table up to 2024.

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Advanced Applied Geology
Volume 10, Issue 1
April 2020
Pages 31-46

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