Volume : 2, Issue : 12, DEC 2016

IMPACTS OF A FORMER LANDFILL IN AN ESTUARY

Cifuentes, Olga, Escudero, Daniela, Medus, Silvina

Abstract

This work is done within the frame of the research project named "Risks of an environmental liability on Bahía Blanca estuary (Argentine Republic)". The aim is to demonstrate that the lack of proper management has allowed the location of a garbage dump on the floodplain of the estuary, which does not guarantee the preservation of the water resource. For this purpose, this paper includes a description of the area, the chronological evolution of the former dump from its beginning to its current status as a seafront. In addition, the results of the analysis carried out at the monitoring stations nearby the former dump are evaluated in order to confirm whether the detected metals dissolved in water may be originated by their leachates. In conclusion, the absence of planning and implementation of urban development plans, plus to the discontinuity of these and the need for immediate solutions, compromises the sustainability of the estuary by the location of the former landfill.

Keywords

Management, Estuary, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Former Landfill, Sustainability.

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