Methodological Approach of Decision Support for the Development Choices of an Abandoned Quarry (The Landfill of Mohammedia-Morocco)

Nawal Ezzirari, Lahcen Bahi

Laboratory of Geotechnics, Applied Geophysics, Geology of Engineers and Environment, Engineers’ Mohammedia School, Mohammed V-Agdal University, Rabat, Morocco.

DOI: 10.4236/ojce.2013.33019                

Abstract

The principal component analysis of the landfill of Mohammedia, was carried out by monitoring and spatiotemporal analysis of a number of physical and chemical tracers (temperature, pH, salinity, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, suspended solids, TOC and metal) of superficial waters during the years 2010-2012. It has, on the one hand, to evaluate several options in situations where no possibility is perfect, and secondly, to visualize the distribution of different individuals (wells), which gave an idea of their similarity relative the measured variables revealed two major groups: The group I is close to the proximal region of the river and landfill and submitted to direct influences of the latter and the group II, with transitional character between wells in Group I, which is characterized by a relatively high TOC showing a deteriorated water quality. And for the potential damage caused by the landfill of the waters of river El Maleh, the identification of suitable rehabilitation plan for this landfill becomes a necessity.

Keywords

Landfill; Wells; Analyse in Major Composantes; River El Maleh; Correlation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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