Assessment of the performance of engineered waste containment barriers / Committee to Assess the Performance of Engineered Barriers, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Assess the Performance of Engineered Barriers.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineered barrier systems (Waste disposal).

Sanitary landfills--Linings.

Sanitary landfills.

Waste disposal in the ground--Environmental aspects--United States.

Waste disposal in the ground.

Waste disposal sites--Design and construction.

Waste disposal sites.

Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities--Design and construction.

Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities.

Hazardous waste sites--Design and construction.

Hazardous waste sites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

President Carter (TM)s 1980 declaration of a state of emergency at Love Canal, New York, recognized that residents (TM) health had been affected by nearby chemical waste sites. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, enacted in 1976, ushered in a new era of waste management disposal designed to protect the public from harm. It required that modern waste containment systems use oeengineered barriers designed to isolate hazardous and toxic wastes and prevent them from seeping into the environment. These containment systems are now employed at thousands of waste sites around the United States, and their effectiveness must be continually monitored. Assessment of the Performance of Engineered Waste Containment Barriers assesses the performance of waste containment barriers to date. Existing data suggest that waste containment systems with liners and covers, when constructed and maintained in accordance with current regulations, are performing well thus far. However, they have not been in existence long enough to assess long-term (postclosure) performance, which may extend for hundreds of years. The book makes recommendations on how to improve future assessments and increase confidence in predictions of barrier system performance which will be of interest to policy makers, environmental interest groups, industrial waste producers, and industrial waste management industry.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Overview of Engineered Barrier Systems""; ""3 Monitoring Barrier Performance""; ""4 Performance of Barrier System Components""; ""5 Containment System Performance""; ""6 Summary and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Predicting Human Health and Ecological Impacts""; ""Appendix B: Methods for Monitoring Engineered Barrier Performance""; ""Appendix C: Construction Quality Assurance Monitoring Techniques""; ""Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""

""Acronyms and Abbreviations""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-109).

ISBN:

9786610969074

9780309134064

0309134064

9781280969072

1280969075

9780309108102

0309108101

OCLC:

923277603