Assessing pollutions of soil and plant by municipal waste dump |
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| Authors: | Changli Liu Yun Zhang Feng’e Zhang Sheng Zhang Miying Yin Hao Ye Hongbing Hou Hua Dong Ming Zhang Jianmei Jiang Lixin Pei |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, 050061, China |
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| Abstract: | Research is few in the literature regarding the investigation and assessment of pollutions of soil and plant by municipal
waste dumps. Based upon previous work in seven waste dumping sites (nonsanitary landfills) in Beijing, Shanghai and Shijiazhuang,
this study expounds the investigation and assessment method and report major pollutants. Using relative background values,
this study assesses soil pollution degree in the seven dumping sites. Preliminary conclusions are: (1) pollution degrees are
moderate or heavy; (2) pollution distance by domestic waste that is dumped on a plane ground is 85 m; (3) the horizontal transport
distance of pollutants might be up to 120 m if waste leachates are directly connected with water in saturated soils; (4) vertical
transport depth is about 3 m in unsaturated silty clayey soils. Furthermore, using relative background values and hygiene
standards of food and vegetable this study assesses the pollutions of different parts of reed, sorghum, watermelon and sweet-melon.
It is found: (1) in comparison with the relative background values in a large distance to the waste dumping sites, domestic
wastes have polluted the roots and stems of reed and sorghum, whereas fine coal ash has polluted the leaves, rattans and fruits
of watermelon and sweet-melon; (2) domestic wastes and fine coal ash have heavily polluted the edible parts of sorghum, water
melon and sweet-melon. As, Hg, Pb and F have far exceeded standard values, e.g., Hg has exceeded the standard value by up
to 650–1,700 times and Cd by 120–275 times, and the comprehensive pollution index is up to 192.9–369.7; (3) the polluted sorghum,
watermelon and sweet-melon are inedible. |
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| Keywords: | Waste dumping site Soil pollution Plant pollution Pollutant transport distance |
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