Biological processes have been adapted successfully from the municipal wastewater industry by the wastewater equipment manufacturers who service the solid waste industry to treat landfill leachate. They form the basis of a viable treatment platform that can be expanded depending on the effluent requirements and other design goals. By ...
Recent experience has shown that deep landfills with high levels of organic matter and high levels of moisture in the waste column either through precipitation, leachate recirculation, or disposal of sludges can potentially create conditions deep in the waste column so that heat generated within the landfill cannot escape ...
SCS Engineers recently added ammonia refrigeration Process Safety Management and Risk Management Program (PSM/RMP) Project Director William Lape to their professional team working with industrial clients. Mr. Lape joins the … Continue reading SCS Welcomes Process Safety Management and Risk Management Program Project Director William Lape ...
One of the most important regulatory requirements on a landfill’s bottom lining system drainage layer is that the maximum head of leachate over the liner should not exceed 1 ft. When this requirement was developed, the consensus was that the drainage layer consisted of granular materials. Later, ...