Effectiveness of soil-vegetative covers for waste sites
- MITRE Corp., Brooks AFB, TX (United States). Energy, Resource and Environmental Systems Division
- MITRE Corp., McLean, VA (United States). Energy, Resource and Environmental Systems Division
The authors propose an inexpensive and practical cover for landfills, reclaimed mine land, oil shale residues, fire training areas, and similar sites. This cover stores precipitation in the soil until it is removed by evapotranspiration (ET). The authors call it the ET Cover. The ET Cover contains no impermeable materials, but it requires adequate soil water-holding capacity to store precipitation until ET can remove the water from storage. This evaluation of the ET Cover concept demonstrated that it is appropriate for use in much of the United States west of the 95th meridian (western Missouri). It is not appropriate for use in wet, cool climates such as the northern California coast. The ET Cover controls infiltration effectively under high-precipitation conditions where potential evapotranspiration and surface runoff are high and the growing season is long. The authors evaluated the appropriateness of the ET Cover for each site with a comprehensive computer model that is capable of simulating the variability of climate over periods in excess of 100 years.
- OSTI ID:
- 49391
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941189-; ISBN 1-56590-016-2; TRN: IM9523%%214
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: SUPERFUND XV: 15th environmental conference and exhibition for the hazardous materials/hazardous waste management industry, Washington, DC (United States), 29 Nov - 1 Dec 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Superfund XV conference proceedings. Volume 1; PB: 866 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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