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CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN MSW LANDFILL PERFORMANCE
Citation:
Bonaparte, R. AND M. Othman. CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN MSW LANDFILL PERFORMANCE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-95/507, 1995.
Description:
Landfills have long been used for the permanent land disposal of municipal, industrial, and hazardous solid wastes. .S. federal and state regulations require that these facilities be designed to function for an active life, plus a post-closure period, typically 30 years. n most cases, however, waste will remain in the landfill for a much longer period of time, possibly hundreds or thousands of years. ne potential environmental impact of landfills is groundwater contamination resulting from landfill leachate. n order to protect ground water, landfill leachate containment and collection systems must perform satisfactorily during the entire period of significant leachate generation. eoSyntec Consultants (GeoSyntec) is currently under contract to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to perform research on the design, construction, and performance of landfills. eoSyntec is a co-principal investigator for this study along with the Geosynthetic Research Institute (GRI) at Drexel University and the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. eoSyntec is specifically responsible for collecting and evaluating data on the field performance of landfill liner systems. n particular, data on flow volumes and flow constituents for the leachate collection and removal system (LCRS) and the leakage detection systems (LDS) components of double-liner systems are of primary interest. eoSyntec recently completed a similar project for the USEPA on the field performance of liner systems at 36 landfills and surface impoundments. he results are presented in a USEPA report entitled "LDCRS Flow from Double-Lined Landfills and Surface Impoundments" (Bonaparte and Gross, 1993).