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Landfill rehabilitation - Remedial work

Author: Thierry CHASSAGNAC

Publication date: October 10, 2005 | Lire en français

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    3. Low-risk landfill rehabilitation techniques using natural attenuation

    This covers landfills with limited or low environmental risk and impact. These are sites classified as category C or D according to the preliminary diagnosis methodology, or even category B sites with no sensitive target under threat (cf. ).

    For these sites, which have a low impact on groundwater and surface water, the broad outlines of rehabilitation actions require :

    • reshaping the deposit to create regular slopes that encourage rainwater runoff;

    • installation of a simple (semi-permeable) cover to limit water infiltration;

    • controlling runoff water around the site;

    • landscape integration of the site.

    In the frequent case (around 20% of raw landfills) where groundwater-waste...

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