Geosynthetic Clay Liners as Alternative

Barrier Systems
EPA Grant Number: R827933C006
Subproject: this is subproject number 006 , established and managed by the Center Director
under grant R825427
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for
this center).
Center: Urban Waste Management and Research Center (University New Orleans)
Center Director: McManis, Kenneth
Title: Geosynthetic Clay Liners as Alternative Barrier Systems
Investigators: Nataraj, Mysore , McManis, Kenneth
Institution: University of New Orleans
EPA Project Officer: Lasat, Mitch
Project Period:
RFA: Urban Waste Management & Research Center (1998)
Research Category: Targeted Research

Description:
Objective:

Geosynthetic clay liners (GCL) are products that have been used selectively in some barrier
systems for landfills, surface impoundments, and other liquid/solid waste-retaining facilities.
Although some research has been conducted, many unexplored questions remain regarding
their usefulness, dependability, and behavior under field conditions. The objective of this
study is to review the influence of various flow and strength parameters of the GCL.
Specifically, the investigation includes the following tasks:
1) an investigation of the permeability characteristics of GCL's using recognized (ASTM
D5084) and alternate laboratory methods;
2) determination of interfacial shear strength for the different GCL types in contact with
geosynthetic materials; and
3) development of numerical models for alternate liner systems employing a geosynthetic
drainage layer, geomembranes, and GCL's.
The literature review has been completed and will be submitted as an interim report to the
Center. Pilot tests are being conducted to investigate the permeability charactertistics of
GCL's. The GCL manufacturers have been contacted and will be supplying the samples for
laboratory and large-scale testing under items 1 and 2 above.
Supplemental Keywords:
RFA, Scientific Discipline, Waste, Sustainable Industry/Business, Municipal, Sustainable
Environment, Technology for Sustainable Environment, Chemistry and Materials Science,
Ecology and Ecosystems, Environmental Engineering, clay liners, computer based leachate
model, landfill design, modeling, municipal waste, evaluation of leaching, landfills, municipal
solid waste landfills, waste management, geosynthetic clay liners, urban waste

Main Center Abstract and Reports:

R825427

Urban Waste Management and Research Center (University New Orleans)

Subprojects under this Center: (EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages
the overall grant for this center).

R825427C001 Comprehensive Evaluation of The Dual Trickling Filter Solids Contact Process
R825427C002 Issues Involving the Vertical Expansion of Landfills
R825427C003 Deep Foundations on Brownfields Sites
R825427C004 Ambient Particulate Concentration Model for Traffic Intersections
R825427C005 Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Approaches for I/I Reduction
R825427C006 Urban Solid Waste Management Videos
R825427C007 UWMRC Community Outreach Multimedia Exhibit
R825427C008 Including New Technology into the Investigation of Inappropriate Pollutant
Entries into Storm Drainage Systems - A User's Guide
R825427C009 Investigation of Hydraulic Characteristics and Alternative Model Development
of Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands
R825427C010 Beneficial Use Of Urban Runoff For Wetland Enhancement
R825427C011 Urban Storm and Waste Water Outfall Modeling
R827933C001 Development of a Model Sediment Control Ordinance for Louisiana
R827933C002 Inappropriate Discharge to Stormwater Drainage (Demonstration Project)
R827933C003 Alternate Liner Evaluation Model
R827933C004 LA DNR - DEQ - Regional Waste Management
R827933C005 Landfill Design Specifications
R827933C006 Geosynthetic Clay Liners as Alternative Barrier Systems
R827933C007 Used Tire Monofill
R827933C008 A Comparison of Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Bed (USAB) and the Anaerobic
Biofilm Fluidized Bed Reactor (ABFBR) for the Treatment of Municipal Wastewater
R827933C009 Integrated Environmental Management Plan for Shipbuilding Facilities
R827933C010 Nicaragua
R827933C011 Louisiana Environmental Education and Resource Program
R827933C012 Costa Rica - Costa Rican Initiative
R827933C013 Evaluation of Cr(VI) Exposure Assessment in the Shipbuilding Industry
R827933C014 LaTAP, Louisiana Technical Assistance Program: Pollution Prevention for Small
Businesses
R827933C015 Louisiana Environmental Leadership Pollution Prevention Program
R827933C016 Inexpensive Non-Toxic Pigment Substitute for Chromium in Primer for Aluminum
Sibstrate
R827933C017 China - Innovative Waste Composting Plan for the City of Benxi, People's
Rupublic of China
R827933C018 Institutional Control in Brownfields Redevelopment: A Methodology for
Community Participation and Sustainability
R827933C019 Physico-Chemical Assessment for Treatment of Storm Water From Impervious
Urban Watersheds Typical of the Gulf Coast
R827933C020 Influence of Cyclic Interfacial Redox Conditions on the Structure and Integrity of
Clay Liners for Landfills Subject to Variable High Groundwater Conditions in the Gulf Coast
Region
R827933C021 Characterizing Moisture Content Within Landfills

R827933C022 Bioreactor Landfill Moisture Management

R827933C023 Urban Water Issues: A Video Series
R827933C024 Water Quality Modeling in Urban Storm Water Systems
R827933C025 The Development of a Web Based Instruction (WBI) Program for the UWMRC
User's Guide (Investigation of Inappropriate Pollutant Entries Into Storm Drainage Systems)
R827933C027 Legal Issues of SSO's: Private Property Sources and Non-NPDES Entities
R827933C028 Brownfields Issues: A Video Series
R827933C029 Facultative Landfill Bioreactors (FLB): A Pilot-Scale Study of Waste Stabilization,
Landfill Gas Emissions, Leachate Treatment, and Landfill Geotechnical Properties
R827933C030 Advances in Municipal Wastewater Treatment
R827933C031 Design Criteria for Sanitary Sewer System Rehabilitation
R827933C032 Deep Foundations in Brownfield Areas: Continuing Investigation
R827933C033 Gradation-Based Transport, Kinetics, Coagulation, and Flocculation of Urban
Watershed Rainfall-Runoff Particulate Matter
R827933C034 Leaching and Stabilization of Solid-Phase Residuals Separated by Storm Water
BMPs Capturing Urban Runoff Impacted by Transportation Activities and Infrastructure
R827933C035 Fate of Pathogens in Storm Water Runoff
R87933C020 Influence of Cyclic Interfacial Redox Conditions on the Structure and Integrity of
Clay Liners for Landfills Subject to Variable High Groundwater Conditions in the Gulf Coast
Region

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