Erosion happens… well, pretty much everywhere. Some locations are more difficult to deal with, or have more specialized requirements, than others, and one of those tricky areas is the landfill. The closed landfill.
Final cover for most capped landfills consists of at least 18 inches of earthen material plus a 6-inch erosion control layer capable of supporting vegetation. It’s more complicated than that, though, as an upcoming article in Erosion Control will explain. Capping generally starts with a liner, possibly a drainage layer, and then the requisite amount of soil. The problem is, though, that the soil cover placed over the liner—particularly on a steeper slope—can weigh enough that it tends to slide right off the slick liner under its own weight.
- BMP Case Studies
- Green Infrastructure
- Stormwater Program Management
- Advanced Research Topics
- Water-Quality Monitoring
- Industrial Stormwater Management
- Stormwater Management for Solid Waste Facilities
Various solutions to this problem exist, as well as for other situations like subsidence as the capped landfill settles over time. This topic is on our minds these days at Forester as we prepare for StormCon 2016, which, being co-located with WasteCon, will feature a special track dealing with stormwater management and erosion control for solid waste facilities. (See the conference details below.)
Do you deal with erosion control at landfills or other specialized sites, such as mines or transportation facilities? Are there aspects of your work that ESC professionals outside your specialty area don’t generally know about, but that they might benefit from? Consider submitting an abstract and sharing what you know at StormCon next August.
StormCon Call for Papers Is Open
StormCon, the only North American event dedicated exclusively to stormwater and surface-water professionals, is seeking abstracts for presentation at StormCon 2016. The deadline for submitting abstracts is Wednesday, December 9.
The conference will be held in Indianapolis, IN, August 22–25, 2016. We are looking for abstracts in the following conference tracks:
- BMP Case Studies
- Green Infrastructure
- Stormwater Program Management
- Advanced Research Topics
- Water-Quality Monitoring
- Industrial Stormwater Management
- Stormwater Management for Solid Waste Facilities
For more information, including the complete call for papers and an online form for submitting your abstract, visit www.StormCon.com.
Janice Kaspersen
Janice Kaspersen is the former editor of Erosion Control and Stormwater magazines.
