TEXTBOOK READINGS:
- Waste Disposal: Chapter 17 has two
good sections on waste disposal.
- 17.3 Waste Management
- 17.4 Site Selection
WORLD WIDE WEB READINGS:
- Frey Farm
Landfill: Learn how the Lancaster Solid Waste
Management Authority operates the Frey Farm Landfill near Lancaster,
Pennsylvania area. This page features information on landfill construction,
environmental protection, leachate collection, leachate treatment,
and landfill monitoring.
- Carroll
County Landfill: Learn about the lining system
installed at this landfill to protect the ground water resource.
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Texas Administrative Code: All states
have laws and regulations to guide the siting, construction, design
and operation of waste disposal facilities. Title 30, Part 1, Chapter
330, Subchapter L. of the Texas Administrative Code lists the siting
restrictions for a municipal solid waste landfill. This list illustrates
how geological factors can make some locations unsuitable for developing
a solid waste disposal facility. The State of Texas should be commended
for developing these regulations, but with these types of documents
there will be many people who think that additional restrictions should
have been included. (don't try to read and rememeber all of this stuff
- just look at the geological restrictions in Subchapter L).
- Optional Activity:
Inspect a Municipal Waste Landfill: Go with
Pennsylvania DEP inspector, Jim Grabusky, to conduct an on-site
inspection of the Lebanon County Landfill. (I would like this to
be a required element of the course, complete with an activity.
However, the site is unreliable and can not be accessed for long
periods of time.)
The photo at the top of this page was obtained from the website
of Poly-Flex a manufacturer
of geomembranes.
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Workers installing liner at
a landfill site.