Leachate Seepage Research Articles

Fully coupled hydromechanical study of tunnel excavation considering leachate leakage from a high water-level landfill

The Jigongshan Mountain Tunnel was constructed beneath a high water-level landfill in Shenzhen, China. Previous studies could not fully capture the hydraulic interactions between the tunnel excavation and the landfill leachate seepage. In this study, a fully coupled hydromechanical numerical model, considering the unsaturated properties and the changing permeability of the waste and geological materials, was established to simulate the landfill leakage and the tunnel excavation simultaneously. Parameter analysis was conducted to explore the effects of the configuration and dimensions of the leakage pathway and leakage points on the seepage field. Results indicate the landfill leakage has a minimal effect on tunnel displacement. The leakage width and the leakage path in the clay significantly affect the pore pressure of the tunnel. In scenarios of severe leakage, the pore pressure of the tunnel can reach as high as 0.615 MPa. Three defensive lines and the fully cover waterproofing layer were suggested for the tunnel waterproofing system under the Xiaping landfill. This research contributes valuable insights for the design and construction of subsurface structures in proximity to landfills.

Analysis Distribution of Iron (Fe) and Hexavalent Chromium (Cr6+) Contaminants in Shallow Groundwater Due To Leachate Around Landfill Terjun, Medan City

Terjun Landfill Area is currently in a transition period from an open dumping system to a sanitary landfill. The resulting leachate can spread through infiltration into the soil. Leachate seepage into groundwater will affect groundwater quality. This research aims to analyze the distribution of iron (Fe) and hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) contaminants in shallow groundwater resulting from leachate around the Terjun Landfill Area. Model simulations were carried out using the Domenico Robbins (1990) model using the MathLab. The results show that the metal pollutants Fe and Cr6+ in residents’ wells have exceeded the quality standards in Minister of Health Regulation Number 2 of 2023. The results show that the pollutants Fe and Cr6+ have spread up to > 700 m from the landfill. Fe contamination in the estimated 40 years since the landfill operated was spread over a distance of 750 meters with a pollutant concentration of 0.066 mg/L, and in 50 years it increased to 0.092 mg/L. Meanwhile Cr6+ contamination over a period of 40 years at a distance of 750 meters spread with a concentration of 0.426 mg/L and increased in the 50th year by 0.600 mg/L.

Remediation: A Novel Approach for Reducing Environmental Pollution

Hazardous contaminants persist more and more now, which negatively impacts the world in various ways. Nearly every second species on earth is experiencing the worst problem with their existence as a result of high environmental contamination. While more recent remediation methods have made improvements, conventional methods have not successfully removed dangerous substances from the environment. Hazardous contaminants elimination using the remediation technique (HCER) is a process that uses remineralization to eliminate hazardous contaminants from contaminated soils and groundwater. The process involves removing hazardous constituents from contaminated soil or groundwater through either mechanical or biological means; then replacing these constituents with beneficial elements to restore environmental quality. Remediation technologies are used for both on-site and off-site applications, including landfills, industrial sites, municipal solid waste landfills, construction sites (e.g., roads), mine tailing piles and other areas where contamination exists due to anthropogenic activities such as mining operations, oil spills and landfill leachate seepage. The present study aims to examine and analyze the literature in the area of remediation strategies used to get rid of toxins, mainly from soil and water.

Performance of Lagoon Ash As Bottom Liner in MSW Landfill

Proper management of Municipal Solid Waste dumping in landfill site require adequate bottom liner to mitigate the seepage of leachate from contaminating the ground. To make landfill system sustainable, adequate liners are provided at the bottom of engineered landfill system. Liners act as impermeable cover mitigating effect of leachate on ground and groundwater. Pond ash collected from lagoon of thermal power plant is a preferable building material for municipal solid waste impounding system if properly stabilized and compacted. To meet the mandatory requirement of landfill liner having permeability 10-7 cm/sec or less, detailed experimental study was carried out on pond ash collected from Nalco Captive Power Plant, Angul, India. The parameters Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) and coefficient of permeability (K) were determined by conducting the laboratory experiments following Indian standard code procedure for all the mixes as stated in Table 1. Experimental results of UCS test were found to increase the strength upto 5.4 MPa for S3 mix sample after curing period of 180 days. It was further observed that for the sample S7 mix the strength reached upto 6.9MPa which was due to the binding effect of 1% gypsum in the mix. The hydraulic conductivity value of stabilized Pond Ash came down to 10-7 cm/sec after 180 days of curing period even after acid and base permeation. It was observed from R square value established for all sample mixes of pond ash that a strong linear correlation existed between curing time and UCS value. The strength and permeability results clearly indicate that pond ash, stabilized with optimum mix of lime-gypsum satisfies both Environmental Protection Agency (U.S) and Central Pollution Control Board (India) guidelines for landfill liner. Hence lime and gypsum stabilised pond ash is proved to be an effective eco-friendly material adhering to the requirements of landfill bottom liner for MSW engineered landfill system.

Impact, Mitigation Strategies, and Future Possibilities of Nigerian Municipal Solid Waste Leachate Management Practices: A Review

Landfills and solid waste disposal facilities have historically been the most common point sources of pollution with the potential to release contamination leachate plumes into the environment. Waste disposal is one of the biggest problems that the world is facing. In man’s everyday life, he produces waste materials which, if not properly managed, can affect health and environment. The seepage of landfill leachate into groundwater tables and aquifer systems significantly creates a possible danger and threat to human health and environment at large and remains a subject of concern in Nigeria and other parts of the world. This paper provides a review of existing approaches to leachate treatment in Nigeria and current practices across the globe, depicts the impact on environmental implications, documented previous findings, challenges and mitigation measures, and future perspectives of landfill leachate management in Nigeria, and compares with global practice of leachate management. In Nigeria, there are only a few standard techniques of landfill leachate treatment. This resulted in severe environmental impacts that threaten human life, especially in the north-eastern part of the country. Vector-borne and water-related illnesses such as cholera, Dengue, Diarrhoea, Trachoma, typhoid, malaria etc, have become a major source of concern resulting from the leaching effect from landfills. Advanced treatment methods, including membrane filtration, trickling filters, and Batch and Sequencing-Batch Reactors (SBR) are used in some of the cities and private organizations in Nigeria. Most researchers in Nigeria have stressed the necessity to utilise efficient, cost-effective technology in landfill wastewater treatment. Despite this, landfill leachate has continued to have severe effects in Nigeria and the situation seems to be escalating, requiring further study.

Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) monitoring of leachate seepage from an animal carcass waste (ACW) facility, South Korea

The South Korean government culled and buried numerous pigs to contain the 2011 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Pollutants were detected in groundwater samples collected from an observation well near animal carcass waste (ACW) facilities used to dispose of some of the culled animals. Pollutants appeared to be leachate seeping through damaged shields installed in the ACW facilities prior to burial of the carcasses. Because electric conductivity of leachate is relatively low compared to fresh groundwater, we assumed that electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is effective to investigate the spatial distribution of the conductive materials. This research demonstrated the use of 3D ERT monitoring to characterize spatial and temporal changes of the leachate. Low-resistivity anomalies <23 Ωm were distributed adjacent to the ACW facilities in time-lapse ERT images. Although the size of the initial low-resistivity anomalies was the largest the time-lapse ERT images, the average resistivities were gradually reduced. We also identified that the resistivities of the low-resistivity anomalies gradually increased, whereas the resistivities decreased away from the ACW facilities using resistivity ratio maps. It was considered that these temporal and spatial changes were related to dilution of the leachate with rainwater and the leachate migration along the northwest slope. We therefore believed that the 3D ERT monitoring could be a useful tool for detecting both the distribution and migration of the leachate.

Vegetation changes as indicators of landfill leachate seepage locations: Case study

Landfills remain widely used for waste disposal, despite their negative impact on human health and environment. Adverse impact is mainly due to gas and leachate emissions. Leachates are liquids that are characterized by high variability in composition, high ammonia and chloride content, and presence of toxic and non-biodegradable compounds. In recent years there has been growing interest in issues related with the reactions of living organisms to pollution - biomonitoring. However, bioindicative methods are not fully used in landfill studies and are still rarely applied. The aim of this work is finding the relationship between the composition and leachate seepage points and determining the possibilities of their practical utilization for the assessment of the applied mineral sealing of landfill surfaces. Additionally, detailed analysis of leachate composition was made. The hypothesis is that some species indicating natural salinity will also indicate landfill sites with the occurrence of leachate seepage, which increase salinity. Physico-chemical analysis of the leachate were carried out. Moreover, vegetation assessment was conducted by phytocoenological relevés. The landfill has different habitats in places where leachate seepage is observed. The results indicate that the presence of leachates alters the plant species composition. The composition shows increasing representation of species tolerant to salinization and a decreasing share of glycophytes in leachate seepage points. Based on the relation of glycophytes to plant species tolerant to salinization, a work procedure and index of leachate vegetation were created, which provide a fast identification of leachate seepage points. The presented results confirm the diagnostic potential of plants for the assessment and location of leachate seepage points. The results may be applied in the reclamation works on landfills.

Identifikasi arah rembesan lindi menggunakan metode geolistrik resistivitas konfigurasi dipole-dipole di sekitar tempat pembuangan akhir (TPA) sampah sekoto kabupaten Kediri

Garbage is matter which is serious enought to society especially in the main city. Increasing number of society will affect to increasing garbage either as resulted. Volume of garbage which al ways increase without measuring last process of garbage will appear many problems for example, leachate seepage. Leachate is a liquid waste resulted of biology decomposition. Leachate soaks to bottom groundwater will affect decreasing level of field water and allergy on the skin. &#x0D; The aim of this research is to know leahate accumulation and direct seepage arround landfill Sekoto. The method will be conducted by field research by geoelectric configuration diple-dipole. Firstly, the writter survey the location to know the condition of research. Then collected data with 5 line arround landfill Sekoto use resistivitymeter. The data will be process using software Res2dinv and Voxler. Software Res2dinv to show the leachate seepage base on resistivity rock value. Software Voxler is used to show direct seepage as 3 dimension.&#x0D; The research finding shows that lye had been permeated in the south of garbage-can with the leachate seepage reaching 6.79 meters. While, in the north of garbage-can, there was no leachate seepage found. In the west road of Garbage Dump and near to leachate waste pipe, it had been found the leachate seepage reaching 11.8 meters. In summary, the direction of leachate seepage in Garbage Dump is congruence with river flow and the distribution of leachate horizontally.

Morphology and mineralogy of rice husk ash treated soil for green and sustainable landfill liner construction

The morphology and mineralogy of the soil treated with rice husk ash (RHA) under different molding moisture conditions. Leachate condition in landfills built with compacted clay soil is damaging the underground water flow with the hazards released from disposed and decomposing waste materials. This makes landfills dangerous infrastructure. The leakage can be dealt with through the deployment of green materials developed from agricultural waste. One of such wastes is rice husk combusted to derive ash. The test soil used in this exercise has been classified as highly plastic and poorly graded. The treated soil was examined by scanning electron microscopy and x-ray diffractometer methods. From the test results, the presence of goethite alongside quartz and kaolinite were observed in the XRD (X-ray Diffraction) spectra of 6% and 10 % RHA treated soil. The Goethite possessing an inner needle-like structure with a closed packed striated structure makes the composite a promising material for constructing landfill liners. This is because the closed packed striated structure of the goethite present in the composite will slow down the vertical seepage of leachate to allow its collection and removal by the leachate collection system. The composite will form a barrier between groundwater, soil, and substrata, and waste. From the SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy), the uniformly distributed grain boundaries and smaller grain size of the composite (lateritic soil and RHA) will serve as a barrier to the movement of contaminants and other leachates to the groundwater and thus, making the composite a viable material for landfill liner system.

Suitability of Shale Treated with Palm Kernel Shell Ash and Pulverized Palm Kernel Shell As Landfill Liners at Nguzu Edda, Southeastern Nigeria

Wastes are mostly disposed of in landfills, which pose threat to soil and groundwater as a result of percolation of leachate. Therefore, barrier soils are required for the lining of a landfill to prevent seepage of leachate into the surrounding groundwater system. In this regard, the suitability of ten shale samples treated with 0-12 % (increments of 2 %) proportion of palm kernel shell ash (PKSA) and pulverized palm kernel shell (PPKS) by dry weight of the shale samples were evaluated for uses as landfill liner. The samples were subjected to series of geotechnical tests to determine the index properties, and strength characteristics of the natural and treated shale using West African standard (WAS) and Modified AASHTO (MAS) compactive energy levels for comparison purposes. The shale was classified as A-7-5. The atterberg limits test results show that liquid and plastic limits generally decreased, while the plasticity index (PI) increased with increase in PKSA and PPKS contents. The results also demonstrated that maximum dry density (MDD), volumetric shrinkage strain (VSS) and hydraulic conductivity decreases significantly while optimum moisture content (OMC) increases with increase in PKSA and PPKS contents for the both energy levels. The maximum strength of 380.30 and 448.70 KPa were recorded at 4 % of the stabilizers. The findings affirmed that the samples met the requirements for landfills liner, although PPKS was more effective than PKSA for both energy levels. Moreover, the addition of PKSA and PPKS to liners can also be an alternative means of its disposal.

The effect of leachate seepage on the mechanical properties and microstructure of solidified sludge when used as a landfill temporary cover material.

In this study, the effect of leachate seepage on the strength properties of a landfill temporary cover material: sewage sludge solidified with soda residue, ground granulated blast furnace slag, and quicklime, was investigated using small-scale column tests. The strength of the solidified sludge was reflected by penetration resistance with a micro penetrometer. The results showed that the penetration resistance increased at first, but then decreased with the increase in duration. The peak value for penetration resistance appeared at around the 75th day under the effect of leachate seepage. In contrast, without leachate seepage, penetration resistance increased at first as duration increased and then remained stable. The main hydration products were calcium silicate hydrate, ettringite and hydrocalumite. Some pollutants, such as copper, chromium, and arsenic, were also stabilized by the solidified sludge. The nuclear magnetic resonance results showed that the sample with highest penetration resistance had a reduced pore volume, especially macropore volume. Furthermore, leachate corrosion and the removal of some substances contributed to the decrease in penetration resistance after long-term seepage. The strength performance of temporary cover in laboratory short-term seepage and leachate soaking environments might be different from that in a landfill leachate seepage environment. This study improves understanding about the performance of temporary cover materials in landfill.

Pengaruh Keberadaan TPA terhadap Kualitas Air Bersih Diwilayah Pemukiman Warga Sekitar: Studi Literatur

The influence of the presence of landfill in the presence of pollution can occur in the air as a result of waste decomposition, can also pollute water and soil caused by leachate seepage. Piles of garbage can cause physical and chemical environmental conditions to be incompatible with normal conditions. This research method uses a study method literature by collecting data by looking for relevant references and facts to get an argumentative description of the effect of the landfill, the literature is filtered and connected to get conclusions to understand the impact of the presence of landfill on the quality of clean water in the surrounding environment. Results obtained and concluded cities which are stockpiled at the final processing site (TPA), have the potential to cause environmental pollution, both surface and ground water pollution and soil pollution due to leachate.

Numerical simulation of seepage in the landfill leachate layers

In order to control the environmental pollution caused by landfill leachate, the numerical simulation of landfill leachate seepage was carry out, which considered the influence of anisotropy of permeability coefficient, the permeability coefficient, matrix suction, infiltration amount of leachate, slope of drainage layer, drainage distance and initial water head on the maximum saturation depth. The results showed that when the horizontal permeability coefficient is fixed and the vertical permeability coefficient is reduced, the maximum saturation depth of leachate increased sharply. The maximum saturation depth linearly increased with the infiltration of leachate, whereas sharply decreased with the increasing of drainage slope. The maximum saturation depth is less affected by small drainage distance, whereas more affected by the large drainage distance. The initial head has a great effect on the maximum saturation depth, and whether the drainage pipe can discharge the leachate or not has an important influence on the maximum saturation depth.

Impact of Solid Waste Dumpsite on Groundwater Quality in the Neighbouring Communities

Leachate seepages into groundwater aquifer from solid waste dumpsites is likely to release toxic pollutants in groundwater which are hazardous to human health and local ecosystem. A study was conducted on the Physico-chemical parameters of dumpsite leachate and surrounding groundwater from Awotan Solid Waste Dumpsite, in Ibadan, Oyo State. The study was aimed at assessing the impact of the leachate from the dumpsite. The physicochemical analyses of the water samples were carried by standard analytical methods. The results obtained were compared with the WHO (World Health Organization) permissible limit of those parameters in drinking water. The Physico-chemical values obtained for the dumpsite leachate were generally higher than those of groundwater samples, suggesting that a source of contamination could be from the dumpsite leachate. The pH of groundwater samples ranged between 5.03 to 6.94, indicating that the groundwater was acidic. Results of Physico-chemical parameters of dumpsite leachate for Cl-, NO3, TH, Alk, BOD, COD exceeded the WHO limits for drinking water. The BOD and COD of dumpsite leachate and groundwater samples exceeded the WHO limits and hence not safe for drinking. The concentration of Cl- and TH in the groundwater closer to the dumpsite were higher than WHO permissible limits for drinking water. Also, concentrations of the analyzed parameters decreased with increasing distance from the dumpsite, thus implicating leachate seepage from the dumpsite into the groundwater. It is therefore recommended that dumpsites be located away from the human settlements to avoid drinking water contamination and local ecosystem &amp; biodiversity degradation.

Assessment of the impact of landfill leachate on groundwater and surrounding surface water: a case study of Mekelle city, Northern Ethiopia

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of leachate from municipal solid waste to groundwater and surface water quality surrounding the landfill site in Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia. The landfill is situated in carbonate geological formation where the effect of uncontrolled leachate release into the environment is evident at short distance of the site. The analysis of leachate sample showed elevated electrical conductivity (5280 μS/cm), chloride (256 mg/l), nitrate (92.6 mg/l) COD (1208 mg/l) and BOD (483 mg/l) in dry period. Samples of stream and groundwater in the vicinity of the landfill are characterized by high concentrations of TDS, bicarbonate, sulphate, chloride and nitrate. The elevated levels of these ions are attributed to seepage of landfill leachate with considerable input from local geology. The impact of leachate on water resources appeared to be higher in wet season when contaminant dispersion is accelerated by maximum infiltration and surface runoff. The elevated total dissolved solid and nitrate levels have proved that the water quality is unreliable for domestic water supply. Moreover, BOD (1.9–7.5 mg/l) and COD (42–160 mg/l) concentrations in the water samples were found to be exceeding the typical normal ranges, and were significantly higher in the surface water compared to the groundwater. This study highlights the need of leachate treatment mechanisms as remedial measures to prevent water pollution.

Leachate seepage from landfill: a source of groundwater mercury contamination in South Africa

Mercury has been used for many centuries in the production of consumer products such as thermometers, electrical switches, fluorescent light bulbs, batteries, biocides and pesticides, cosmetics and dental amalgam filling, among others. After use, these mercury-containing consumer products form part of the municipal solid waste (MSW). As a result of an unseparated solid waste collection system, mercury-containing wastes tend to end up in landfills where mercury and other pollutants can leach out of products into landfill leachates. The present study, therefore, was conducted with the aim of determining the total mercury (THg) concentrations in leachate and sediment samples collected from 4 selected landfill sites (3 sites in Gauteng Province – Soshanguve, Hatherly, Onderstepoort and 1 site in Limpopo Province – Thohoyandou). Groundwater samples were collected from the monitoring boreholes at the four selected landfill sites in the summer and winter periods. An acid digestion method was employed for sample preparation and this was followed by analysis using cold vapour atomic absorption spectrophotometry (CVAAS). The concentration range of total mercury in the Thohoyandou leachate, sediment and groundwater samples was 0.12–2.07 μg/L, 0.03–0.48 μg/g and 0.09–2.12 μg/L, respectively. In Soshanguve, the concentration range of total mercury in leachate, sediment and groundwater samples was 0.10–1.20 μg/L, 0.04–0.62 μg/g and nd –1.66 μg/L respectively, Hatherly concentration range was 0.42–1.31 μg/L and 0.06–0.78 μg/g in leachate and sediment, respectively and in Onderstepoort the concentration range was 0.12–2.41 μg/L, 0.03–0.50 μg/g and 0.05–2.44 μg/L, in leachate, sediment and groundwater, respectively. The findings from this study suggest that there is a likelihood of groundwater pollution by mercury from landfill leachate seepage, particularly for landfills that are not lined with a geomembrane.

A new simplified method to calculate breakthrough time of municipal solid waste landfill liners

Compacted clay liners and geomembranes are extensively used as bottom liners in municipal solid waste landfills, to minimize groundwater contamination due to the migration of landfill leachate. Seepage of leachate, however, can still transport pollutants in leachate through the bottom liner and cause environmental contamination. Design of a landfill site, therefore, requires estimation of the breakthrough time of the bottom liner. Current methods to calculate this breakthrough time are extremely complicated, so this study investigated a simplified calculation. For one–dimensional vertical transport of a key indicator pollutant, two simplified formulas are proposed to calculate breakthrough times of single compacted clay and composite liners. The proposed method considers pollutant transport mechanisms of advection, diffusion, mechanical dispersion, and adsorption. It is easy to use and can provide a reference for design, management, and subsequent restoration of such landfill sites.

Micronucleus Assay and Heavy Metals Characterization of E-waste Dumpsites in Lagos and Osun States, Southwest Nigeria

The contamination of the aquatic ecosystem with heavy metals arising from the discharge of electronic waste (e-waste) or seepage of leachate from open waste dumpsites is on the increase. The impact of e-waste leachate on the micronucleus (MN) of Tilapia guineensis and the levels of heavy metals ( Pb, Cd, Cr, As, Hg, Al and Ba) in the sediments, water, leachate and aquatic fauna ( Tilapia guineensis, Callinectes amnicola and Cardiosoma armatum ) found in and around e-waste dumpsites in Lagos and Osun States was studied. The levels of heavy metals were determined using PyeUnicam model 969 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry and Inductive Coupling Plasma Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (ICP-AAS).The heavy metal concentrations decreased in the order: Pb ˃ Cd ˃ Cr ˃ Hg ˃ Al ˃Ba ˃As in the samples. The level of Cd in fish muscle from Lagos (1.4mg/kg) exceeded the Environment Canada threshold effect level (EC TEL, 2006) recommended for sea food (1.0mg/kg). The calculated bioconcentration factor (BCF) for fish gills (1.4 and1.0) and fish muscles. (3.6 and 1.2) from Lagos and Osun States respectively as well as the bioaccumulation factor (BAF) for crabs (1.78 and 1.36) are strong indications of the ability of the organisms to bioaccumulate the heavy metals. The MN assay showed an initial increase in the frequency of mionccronuclei on the 7th day which gradually decreased on the 14th and 21st day. The result of this study reveals the toxic impacts of e-waste contamination on ecological and human health in a developing economy.

PENYELIDIKAN LETAK AKUMULASI LINDI DAN ARAH REMBESAN DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN KONFIGURASI WENNER-SCHLUMBERGER DI TPAS AMPANG KUALO KOTA SOLOK

TPAS Ampang Kualo is a final waste dumping area in Kota Solok of Sumatera Barat. The research at TPAS Ampang Kualo aims to know the distribution of leachate. Geolistrik resistivity method by Wenner - Schlumberger configuration is used for data retrieval Resistivity meter MAE X612 EM. The measurement data is then converted by using Res2dinv software to generate 2D resistivity profile and Voxler 4.0 software for 3D resistivity profile. The results show that leachate seepage at TPAS Ampang Kualo on track one was around a leachate pond stretching from South to North. The leachate was detected at depths between of 2.10 to 5.80 meters. In track two, the presence of leachate was indicated around a leachate pond stretching from east to west. It was detected at depths beetween of 1.50 to 6.35 meters. The trajectory three was taken around the residential population stretching from South to North that cuts out the flow of the leachate ditch. The leachate was detected at a depth of 0.25 to 7.38 meters. It was concluded that the distribution of TPAS Ampang Kualo leachate spread from the South to the Southwest was down in a small ditch flow for leachate disposal that ending at Green Hills Arya Residen.&#x0D; Keywords: TPAS Ampang Kualo, Leachate, Geolistrik Resistivity Method, Wenner-Schlumberger Configuration

17. The State of Belle Park

Our group used the Belle Park Golf course, located at 713 Montreal Street, as our project site. The course is located on top of a pre-existing dump that served as the city’s waste disposal site between the early 1950’s until 1974, it still shows signs of leachate seepage. The wildlife issue we explored is the effect of this leachate on the surrounding ecosystem, including tree species, fish and mammals. We researched case studies in similar situations that have been done in the past as a base for our understanding. The community entity are working with is the Environment Division of the City of Kingston, in charge of monitoring the hybrid poplar trees planted along the fairways. They are used as a means to extract contaminants from the soil, based on their proven ability for rapid growth. We will evaluate the effectiveness of this technique along with the vertical leachate extraction wells on site. Also, our group hopes to obtain the history of the water sample data that is collected from monitoring wells around the site for our analyses and interpretation. The latest budget information shows that the golf course lost $203,000 last year. This has prompted city council to reconsider the future of the property and open the doors for new innovative ideas. As part of our project we hope to come up with a sustainable solution that preserves the natural habitat and serves the community, such as a park.