Landfills
Introduction
Geosynthetics are most commonly used in solid waste landfills to protect surface water and groundwater due to their multiple functions, excellent hydraulic properties, ease of installation, and cost saving.
The functions that geosynthetic systems can serve in landfill are separation, drainage, filtration, hydraulic barrier, gas barrier and protection.
Application
Landfills remain a critical component of a well-conceived solid waste management plan. These facilities must be properly sited, designed, constructed, and operated, and they must comply with stringent criteria regulated by the government or local agencies.
The engineers actively mitigate the impact of development to the natural waterways and wetland areas through careful planning, thoughtful design, and precise construction of stormwater management features (e.g., conveyance swales, retention/detention/infiltration basins, outfalls) and erosion and sedimentation controls (e.g., silt barriers, sediment traps, soil stabilization).
Advantages
The use of geosynthetics (in particular, geomembranes) in place of soil materials in stormwater management features requires additional considerations with respect to the overall management of stormwater at the landfill facility.
Exposed geomembranes will increase the amount of stormwater runoff and decrease the time between the beginning of a precipitation event and the peak runoff.
This significant change to the hydrology will require modifications to the existing conveyance, detention/retention, and outfall structures.
Site designers should carefully consider the potential impacts of substituting materials through hydrologic modeling. Modifications to existing site infrastructure or revisions to proposed infrastructure may be required to avoid downstream impacts.
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