THE THREAT OF WORSENING THE QUALITY OF SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WATERS CAUSED BY AN UNRECULTIVATED WASTE DUMPING SITE IN TŁOKINIA KOŚCIELNA NEAR KALISZ

Abstract

This food industry waste landfill is located in Tłokinia Kościelna near Kalisz in the basin of the Pokrzywnica and the Swędrnia rivers. There is a legitimate fear concerning the influence of the unreclaimed landfill on the quality of surface waters in the Swędrnia and the Pokrzywnica rivers, the retention water in Pokrzywnica reservoir in Szałe and the quality of high protection underground waters of the main underground waters reservoir number 311. Additionally, saline ground waters coming from the landfill have a negative effect on underground structures (foundations, engineering networks, hydrotechnical and water-drainage structures). The waste landfill in Tłokinia Kościelna has to be reclaimed in accordance with the legally binding rules and engineering art.

Keywords

• waste landfill
• reclamation
• surface waters
• underground waters
• basin
• leachate