Assessment of the impact of municipal solid waste disposal on ground water quality: a case of Kiteezi landfill site.
| dc.contributor.author | Nakuya, Mary Joyce | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-11T20:24:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-11T20:24:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-11-01 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nakuya, M.J. (2023). Assessment of the impact of municipal solid waste disposal on ground water quality: a case of Kiteezi landfill site [unpublished undergraduate thesis]. Makerere University, Kampala. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/17697 | |
| dc.description | A special project report submitted to the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Science in Water and Irrigation Engineering of Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Most of the rubbish generated in Kampala city is collected and dumped in Kiteezi landfill. The landfill has therefore been a viable solution to the waste problem in Kampala. It however poses a significant threat to the ground water sources of the communities in its vicinity. Groundwater resources are an alternative source of water for these communities hence monitoring and conserving them is crucial. In this study, the physio-chemical characteristics of leachate and groundwater samples around Kiteezi were analyzed to ascertain the potential impact of the landfill leachate on the groundwater quality. The parameters determined were the turbidity, temperature, pH, Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), total iron, nitrate, chloride, calcium and heavy metals like copper, zinc, lead and chromium | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ground water use | en_US |
| dc.subject | Contamination | en_US |
| dc.subject | Landfill | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water quality index | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kiteezi landfill site | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of the impact of municipal solid waste disposal on ground water quality: a case of Kiteezi landfill site. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |