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Main Title

Use of dredgings for landfill /

Author

Other Authors

Author	Title of a Work
Giger, Max W.,

CORP Author

Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill. Dept. of Civil Engineering.;Municipal Environmental Research Lab., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Publisher

Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory ; For sale by the National Technical Information Service,

Year Published

1978

Report Number

EPA/600/2-78-088a-f; EPA/600/2-78-088f; EPA-R-800948

Stock Number

PB-284 261

OCLC Number

04117271

ISBN

pbk.

Subjects

Dredging spoil

Additional Subjects

Dredge spoil ; Solid waste disposal ; Earth fills ; Containment ; Harbors ; Dikes ; Waterways(Watercourses) ; Dredging ; Water pollution ; Laboratory tests ; Monitoring ; Sampling ; Leaching ; Water quality ; Drainage ; Soil mechanics ; Great Lakes ; Chemical analysis ; Chemical analysis ; Chemical composition ; Land disposal ; Water pollution sampling

Internet Access

Description	Access URL
	https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9101Q8Y6.PDF

Holdings

Library	Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Last Modified
EHAM	TC187.K75 1978x		Region 1 Library/Boston,MA	04/29/2016
EJBD	EPA 600-2-78-088a		Headquarters Library/Washington,DC	10/21/2014
ELBD ARCHIVE	EPA 600-2-78-088a	Received from HQ	AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH	10/04/2023
ERAD	EPA 600/2-78-088a		Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA	09/24/2012
ESAD	EPA 600-2-78-088A		Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA	03/23/2010
NTIS	PB-284 261	Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown.		07/26/2022

Collation

volumes : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Abstract

This research program was initiated with the overall objective of evaluating the usefulness of dredged sediments as landfill material. The study is limited to the deposition of polluted fresh water dredgings from the Great Lakes area, and the major effort was centered around four disposal sites in the harbor serving Toledo, Ohio. A comprehensive sampling and testing program was undertaken in the field and in the laboratory to determine the engineering characteristics of hydraulically placed maintenance dredgings and the water quality effects associated with a typical dredging and disposal operation. Several thousand chemical analyses were conducted to assess the pollution potential of dredged materials under chemically treated and nontreated conditions. Several series of flocculation-sedimentation, sedimentation-leaching, repeated leaching, and evaporation tests were conducted to study the possibility of stabilizing these materials with chemical additives and to evaluate the effects, if any, of such chemicals on the leachates. Numerous index property tests were performed for classificatory purposees, and several correlations among different properties and the results of the index tests were established. An extensive field monitoring program was undertaken to evaluate the effects of a typical dredging and disposal operation on the water quality parameters of the environs. Periodic vane shear tests were conducted in two of the areas, and settlement plates were installed at one site to determine the time-dependent variations in the strength and settlement, respectively. Several in situ permeability tests were conducted on the foundation soils and the dredged materials to evaluate drainage conditions. Finally, a one-dimensional mathemathical model was developed to assess the relative importance of gravity drainage and evapotransporation on the desiccation and consolidation of a landfill composed of maintenance dredgings.

Notes

Grant no. R-800948 (15070GCK). Issued May 1978. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents Notes

Summary technical report -- Technical Report No. 5. Behavior of dredged materials in diked containment areas. This research program was initiated with the overall objective of evaluating the usefulness of dredged sediments as landfill material. The study is limited to the deposition of polluted fresh water dredgings from the Great Lakes area, and the major effort was centered around four disposal sites in the harbor serving Toledo, Ohio. A comprehensive sampling and testing program was undertaken in the field and in the laboratory to determine the engineering characteristics of hydraulically placed maintenance dredgings and the water quality effects associated with a typical dredging and disposal operation. Several thousand chemical analyses were conducted to assess the pollution potential of dredged materials under chemically treated and nontreated conditions. Several series of flocculation-sedimentation, sedimentation-leaching, repeated leaching, and evaporation tests were conducted to study the possibility of stabilizing these materials with chemical additives and to evaluate the effects, if any, of such chemicals on the leachates. Numerous index property tests were performed for classificatory purposees, and several correlations among different properties and the results of the index tests were established. An extensive field monitoring program was undertaken to evaluate the effects of a typical dredging and disposal operation on the water quality parameters of the environs. Periodic vane shear tests were conducted in two of the areas, and settlement plates were installed at one site to determine the time-dependent variations in the strength and settlement, respectively. Several in situ permeability tests were conducted on the foundation soils and the dredged materials to evaluate drainage conditions. Finally, a one-dimensional mathemathical model was developed to assess the relative importance of gravity drainage and evapotransporation on the desiccation and consolidation of a landfill composed of maintenance dredgings.

Place Published

Cincinnati, Ohio Springfield, Va.

Supplementary Notes