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Analysis of Organic Micropollutants in Water pp 234–241Cite as

Screening of Pollution from a Former Municipal Waste Dump at the Bank of a Danish Inlet

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An investigation of the potential pollution from a former municipal waste dump also containing chemical waste has been performed. The dump is situated at the bank of the inlet Holbæk Fjord, Denmark. The investigation has involved hydrogeological investigations of the dump and surroundings and chemical analyses and ecotoxicological tests of leachate from the dump. The investigations have shown that the water flow from the dump is towards the inlet, and that no ground water resources are threatened. Analyses have shown the presence of approx. 40 compounds in the leachate, of which pentachlorophenol and 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol are thought to involve the highest environmental risk. Acute toxic effects have been shown on approx. 1/3 of the samples of leachate and it has been shown that this effect is removed upon dilution by a factor of 5. It was concluded that the impact of the toxic substances in the leachate on the inlet should be further investigated.

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  1. VKI, Water Quality Institute, 11 Agern AIlé, DK-2970, Hørsholm, Denmark

    U. Lund & J. A. Farr

  2. Danish Civil Defence, Analytical Chemical Laboratory, 2 Universitetsparken, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

    U. Lund & A. Kjær Sørensen

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  1. Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium

    G. Angeletti (Directorate-General for Science) (Directorate-General for Science)

  2. Central Institute for Industrial Research, Oslo, Norway

    A. Bjørseth

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Lund, U., Sørensen, A.K., Farr, J.A. (1984). Screening of Pollution from a Former Municipal Waste Dump at the Bank of a Danish Inlet. In: Angeletti, G., Bjørseth, A. (eds) Analysis of Organic Micropollutants in Water. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6345-0_27

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