Glacial till acts as natural landfill liner

If a landfill liner had experienced no leaks in the last 12,000 years, you likely would say that the system had "withstood the test of time." And if the designers of an expansion for the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Regional Sanitary Landfill are correct, that is exactly what will happen. This innov...

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Published in:World wastes 1997-09, Vol.40 (9), p.6-7
Main Author: Kenyon, Tim
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Cost control
Design
Environmental protection
Groundwater
Landfill
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Summary:If a landfill liner had experienced no leaks in the last 12,000 years, you likely would say that the system had "withstood the test of time." And if the designers of an expansion for the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Regional Sanitary Landfill are correct, that is exactly what will happen. This innovative conceptual design uses the relative impermeability of the state's unweathered glacial till as the landfill's bottom liner in combination with more traditional sidewall liners.
ISSN:1064-8429