1. Simplified diagnosis

1.1 Presentation of risk assessment methodology

The methodology developed here is a simplified risk assessment approach applied to landfills. It provides a score for each of the four potentially affected environments, reflecting the different types of pollution and nuisance, i.e. :

• the groundwater environment ;

• surface water environment ;

• the human environment ;

• the landscape and various natural environments.

The evaluation of the site by various criteria, weighted and combined, gives an overall score for each environment, characterizing the landfill's potential risk.

The overall...