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Landfill Components

The document discusses the essential components of landfills, which include liners to prevent leachate and gas migration, leachate and gas collection systems, final cover systems, drainage systems, monitoring systems, and closure plans. It also discusses site selection criteria for landfills, which involves identifying potential sites based on locational criteria, collecting site data, assessing sites, and selecting the final site based on environmental and social factors. Key criteria include proximity to habitations, water bodies, floodplains, and airports. An environmental impact assessment of shortlisted sites is also recommended.

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Landfill Components

The document discusses the essential components of landfills, which include liners to prevent leachate and gas migration, leachate and gas collection systems, final cover systems, drainage systems, monitoring systems, and closure plans. It also discusses site selection criteria for landfills, which involves identifying potential sites based on locational criteria, collecting site data, assessing sites, and selecting the final site based on environmental and social factors. Key criteria include proximity to habitations, water bodies, floodplains, and airports. An environmental impact assessment of shortlisted sites is also recommended.

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Landfill

ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS
7 essential components are:
(a) A liner system at the base and sides of the landfill which prevents
migration of leachate or gas to the surrounding soil.
(b) A leachate collection and control facility which collects and extracts
leachate from within and from the base of the landfill and then treats the
leachate.
(c) A gas collection and control facility (optional for small landfills) which
collects and extracts gas from within and from the top of the landfill and
then treats it or uses it for energy recovery.
(d) A final cover system at the top of the landfill which enhances surface
drainage, prevents infiltrating water and supports surface vegetation.
(e) A surface water drainage system which collects and removes all surface
runoff from the landfill site.
(e) A surface water drainage system which collects and removes all surface
runoff from the landfill site.
(f) An environmental monitoring system which periodically collects and
analyses air, surface water, soil-gas and ground water samples around the
landfill site.
(g) A closure and post-closure plan which lists the steps that must be taken to
close and secure a landfill site once the filling operation has been completed
and the activities for long-term monitoring, operation and maintenance of
the completed landfill.
SITE SELECTION
• Selection of a landfill site usually comprises of the
following steps, when a large number (eg. 4 to 8) landfill
sites are available:
(i) setting up of a locational criteria;
(ii) identification of search area; (iii) drawing up a list of
potential sites;
(iv) data collection;
(v) selection of few best-ranked sites;
(vi) environmental impact assessment and
(vii) final site selection and land acquisition.
• in municipalities where availability of land is limited,
the selection process may be confined to only one or
two sites and may involve the following steps:
(i) Setting up of locational criteria;
(ii) Data collection;
(iii) Environmental impact assessment and
(vi) Final site selection.
Locational Criteria
A locational criteria may be specified by a regulatory
agency (e.g. Pollution Control Board). In the absence of
regulatory requirements, the following criteria are
suggested.
A) Liver or Pond
B) River
C) Flood plain
D) Highway
E) Habitation
F) Public Parks
G) Critical Habitat Area
H) Wetlands
I) Ground water table
J) Airport
K) Water supply well
L) Coastal Regulation Zone
M) Unstable Zone
N) Buffer Zone
•Other criteria may be decided by the planners.
Development of a List of Potential
Sites
• After demarcating the search area, as well as after
studying the various restrictions listed in the
locational critieria, areas having potential for site
development should be identified.
• A road map
• Preliminary data collection
Data Collection
(a) Topographic Maps:
(b) Soil Maps:
(c) Land Use Plans:
(d) Transportation Maps:
(e) Water Use Plans:
(f) Flood Plain Maps:
(g) Geologic Maps:
(h) Aerial Photographs/Satellite Imagery:
(i) Ground Water Maps:
(j) Rainfall Data:
(k) Wind Map:
(l) Seismic Data:

Assessment of Public Reaction


•The public/nearby residents should be informed of the
possibility of siting of a landfill in a nearby even as soon as a list
of potential sites is developed.
Selection of Few Best-Ranked
Sites
(a) Selection of a few best-ranked sites (usually 2 sites,
sometimes 3) on the basis of pathway and receptor
related attributes.

(b) Selection of final site on the basins of


environmental impact assessment, social acceptance
and cost of disposal.
the Ranking System based on
Site Sensitivity Index developed by Ministry of Environment and Forests
(MOEF) in 1991is recommended.

Only the following attributes should be considered in such a study as indicated:


(a) population within 1 km; (b) distance to drinking water well/tubewell; (c)
use of sites by residents; (d) distance to nearest offsite building; (e) presence
of airport; (f) presence of roads; (g) current land use; (h) distance to critical
habitat nearby; (i) distance to nearest surface water; (j) depth to ground
water; (k) soil permeability; (l) depth to bedrock; (m) susceptibility to flooding;
(n) susceptibility to water erosion; (o) slope Stability of final landform; (p) air
pollution potential and (q) susceptibility to seismic activity.
Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA)
(a) Ground water quality;
(b) Surface water quality;
(c) Air quality – gases, dust, litter;
(d) Aesthetics – visual, vermin, flies;
(e) Noise;
(f) Land use alteration;
(g) Traffic alteration;
(h) Drainage alteration;
(i) Soil erosion;
(j) Ecological impacts and (k) Others.
Final Si te Selection
(a) the environmental impact;
(b) social acceptance; and
(c) transportation and landfilling costs.

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