Hydraulic and earth engineering – Subterranean waste disposal – containment – or treatment – With treatment of waste
Patent
1997-05-29
1999-03-23
Suchfield, George
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Subterranean waste disposal, containment, or treatment
With treatment of waste
405 36, 405 52, 405128, 210901, B09B 100
Patent
active
058850260
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for collecting and containing leachate from a landfill uses a submerged drainage sink to develop a flow pattern towards the drainage sink contained within a containment zone, and therefore minimizes the chance of contaminating area groundwater. In a first embodiment of the invention for use in a substantially flat area, a perimeter barrier wall is provided and extends downward into a bottom barrier layer, such as an aquitard, a clay layer, or a synthetic material. The barrier wall and the bottom barrier layer define a containment zone containing the drainage sink, which is disposed below the groundwater level. Leachate and groundwater are permitted to mix within the sink. The desired flow pattern towards the drainage sink is induced by collecting and removing the leachate/groundwater mixture from the drainage sink to lower the leachate level in the drainage sink to a level which is below the groundwater level outside of the wall and below the piezometric level below the sink. Although the sink is submerged, substantially all of the waste is placed above the groundwater level by covering the sink with a layer of earthen material to a level such that the top of the earthen material is above the groundwater level and placing the waste on top of the earthen material. In another embodiment for use at a valley fill site, groundwater ridges, an upward flow pattern beneath the valley floor, and a barrier wall crossing the valley floor along the lowest edge of the landfill form a containment zone to contain a drainage sink comprising a blanket drain and a plurality of trench drains. In this embodiment, recharge trenches are used outside of the barrier wall and along or inside the groundwater ridges to maintain the groundwater levels at these points above the corresponding groundwater levels inside the containment zone.
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Hwang Daekyoo
LG Engineering Co., Ltd.
Suchfield George
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