SCS Blog

March 23, 2016

Advice From the Field: How to Manage Leachate Seeps Below the Final Landfill Geomembrane Cover

By Ali Khatami, Ph.D, P.E., SCS Engineers National Expert Leachate seeping out of a landfill slope can be a major issue during the active life of a landfill, and waste … Continue reading Advice From the Field: How to Manage Leachate Seeps Below the Final Landfill ...

March 7, 2016

Leak Detection and Repair – LDAR Fugitive Emissions

  Fugitive emissions come in all shapes and sizes, are found in several industry types, and the constituents entrained in them generally have potential negative impacts on our health and … Continue reading Leak Detection and Repair – LDAR Fugitive Emissions

March 4, 2016

Complying: CA Industrial General Permit – IGP Storm Water

Who needs to comply with California’s Industrial General Permit for storm water?   This workshop was insightful, tightly constructed, and – most impressive – able to deliver high quality information … Continue reading Complying: CA Industrial General Permit – IGP Storm Water

March 2, 2016

SCS Advice from the Field: Recommendations for Jet Cleaning Leachate Collection Pipes

The benefits of implementing these cleaning recommendations for leachate collection pipes will help keep the pipes clean and fully functioning; helping landfill operators prevent the potentially serious complications of clogged … Continue reading SCS Advice from the Field: Recommendations for Jet Cleaning Leachate Collection Pipes

February 24, 2016

Clean Power Plan – Update

Thirty-four senators and 171 representatives argue in a brief filed February 23, that the EPA overstepped its boundaries in creating the carbon-cutting Clean Power Plan. In short, the brief states … Continue reading Clean Power Plan – Update