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MODELING LEACHATE MIGRATION FROM A LANDFILL
December, 2003





1 INTRODUCTION

A two-dimensional, steady state transport modeling using MODFLOW/CTRAN was carried out following the particle tracking calculations to simulate potential contamination for leachate migration from Gibraltar landfill.

Gibraltar landfill was a disposal waste site in Bogotá (Colombia) until 1988. The site presented problems related to contamination for leachate migration after its closure, since the operation of the site did not meet all the technical requirements for waste disposal.

A technical study was conducted in 1997 to propose alternatives for contamination control and posterior land use. The information gathered during that study is the base for the modeling presented in this report.

According with the results of modeling the flow velocity is very low with an average of 4 mm/d, therefore the leachate migration movements is slow. The advective transport of a contaminant from the......

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