CRITICAL ISSUES FOR WASTE CONTAINMENT IN LANDFILLS AND CONTAMINATED SITES

PROBLEMES CRITIQUES POSES PAR LE CONFINEMENT DES DECHETS DANS LES DESCHARGES ET LES SITES CONTAMINES

Wastes in landfills and at contaminated sites may be contained in situ by using caps, bottom liner systems, and vertical barrier walls. This paper focuses on today's most critical issues pertaining to these containment systems. The issues discussed are: 1) caps: geosynthetic clay liners, stability of slopes, and capillary barriers; 2) bottom liner systems: compacted clay liners, geosynthetic clay liners, geomembranes, drainage layers, and single vs. double liner systems; and 3) vertical barrier walls: walls constructed with impervious membranes or sheet piles, and hydraulic conductivity testing of bentonite based walls.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract also in French.
• Corporate Authors:

  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Daniel, D E
• Conference:
  • Fourteenth International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. Proceedings
  • Location: Hamburg, Germany
  • Date: 1997-9-6 to 1997-9-12
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 2503-16
• Serial:
  • Volume: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Bentonite; Capillaries; Clay; Compacted clays; Containing equipment; Contaminants; Drainage structures; Geomembranes; Geosynthetics; Geotechnical engineering; Hydraulic properties; Impervious membranes; Landfills; Linings; Slope stability; Vertical drains; Waste management
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00763432
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9054108959
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 18 1999 12:00AM