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Alternative Landfill Cover Assessment
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- Performance Monitoring
- Site Characterization
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Location |
Fort Carson,
CO |
Partners |
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Technology |
Vegetative Landfill Cover |
Contaminants |
Landfill Leachate |
Description |
Soil-water measurement technology developed for dry-soil investigations
at the Amargosa Desert Research Site is being used by USGS and U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) scientists to assess the hydrologic
performance of an evapotranspiration landfill cover at the U.S.
Army Fort Carson military base, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The
evapotranspiration landfill cover uses plants to control and prevent
the downward movement of water. The soil-water measurement techniques
provide a means to assess the performance of unconventional landfill
covers that can be constructed at a considerably lower cost than
conventional covers. USGS assistance to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) and their contractor has included calibration, installation,
and instruction on the use of instruments. USGS is continuing to
provide technical assistance through the review and interpretation
of field data.
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More Information |
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Contact |
Brian Andraski, USGS, Nevada District, Carson City,
Nevada, |
Publications |
The following are publications related to waste disposal in arid
environments.
- Andraski, B.J., 1991,
Balloon and core sampling for determining bulk density of an
alluvial desert soil: Soil Science Society of America Journal,
v. 55, no. 4, p. 1188-1190.
- Andraski, B.J., 1996,
Properties and variability of soil and trench fill at an arid
waste-burial site: Soil Science Society of America Journal, v.
60, no. 1, p. 54-66.
- Andraski, B.J., 1997,
Soil-water
movement under natural-site and waste-site conditions--A multiple-year
field study in the Mojave Desert, Nevada: Water
Resources Research, v. 33, no. 9, p. 1901-1916.
- Andraski, B.J., and Prudic, D.E., 1997,
Soil,
plant, and structural considerations for surface barriers in arid
environments--Application of results from studies in the Mojave
Desert near Beatty, Nevada, in Barrier Technologies
for Environmental Management, Summary of a workshop: Washington,
D.C., National Academy Press, p. 68-78.
- Andraski, B.J., Prudic, D.E., and Nichols, W.D., 1995,
Waste burial
in arid environments--Application of information from a field
laboratory in the Mojave Desert, southern Nevada: U.S. Geological
Survey Fact Sheet FS-179-95, 4 p.
- Andraski, B.J., and Stonestrom, D.A., 1999,
Overview
of research on water, gas, and radionuclide transport at the Amargosa
Desert Research Site, Nevada, in Morganwalp, D.W.,
and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances
Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston,
South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999--Volume 3 of 3--Subsurface Contamination
from Point Sources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations
Report 99-4018C, p. 459-465.
- Fischer, J.M., 1992,
Sediment properties and water movement through shallow unsaturated
alluvium at an arid site for disposal of low-level radioactive
waste near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey
Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4032, 48 p.
- Gee, G.W., Wierenga, P.J., Andraski, B.J., Young, M.H., Fayer,
M.J., and Rockhold, M.L., 1994,
Variations in water balance and recharge potential at three
western desert sites: Soil Science Society of America Journal,
v. 58, no. 1, p. 63-72.
- Prudic, D.E., 1994,
Estimates of percolation rates and ages of water in unsaturated
sediments at two Mojave Desert sites, California-Nevada: U.S.
Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4160,
19 p.
- Walvoord, M.A., Phillips, F.M., Tyler, S.W., and Hartsough,
P.C., 2002, Deep
arid system hydrodynamics--2. Application to paleohydrologic
reconstruction using vadose zone profiles from
the northern Mojave Desert:
Water Resources Research, v. 38, no. 12, p. 27-1 to 27-12.
- Walvoord, M.A., Plummer, M.A., Phillips, F.M., and Wolfsberg,
A.V., 2002, Deep
system hydrodynamics--1. Equilibrium states and response times
in thick desert vadose zones:
Water Resources Research, v. 38, no. 12, p. 44-1 to 44-15.
- Walvoord, M.A., Stonestrom, D.A., and Phillips, F.M., 2002,
From multi-year
observations to millennial inferences--Uncertainties in paleohydrologic
reconstructions of deep unsaturated zones
in the desert southwest, U.S.A.:
Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 83, no. 47,
Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H22F-07, CD-ROM.
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Toxics Landfill Remediation Projects
Related Toxics Projects
Other USGS Landfill Remediation Studies
- Area 6 Landfill, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Island County,
Washington
- Surface
Geophysical Investigation of a Chemical Waste Landfill in Northwestern
Arkansas
- Operable Unit 1 (Landfill), Naval Undersea Warfare Center,
Division Keyport, Washington
- Identification
of Potential Water-Bearing Zones by the Use of Borehole Geophysics
in the Vicinity of Keystone Sanitation Superfund Site, Adams County,
Pennsylvania, and Carroll County, Maryland: USGS WRIR 97-4104
(pdf)
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