Liner Design Guidance for Confined Disposal Facility Leachate

0,49
MB Control

25
stron

2707
ID UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

2005
rok

BACKGROUND: A CDF is an engineered structure designed to provide the required storage volume

for dredged material and to meet the required suspended solids concentration in effluent released

from the facility. Procedures for design of CDFs for storage volume and for suspended solids

retention are provided in Engineer Manual 1110-2-5027 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

1987). A CDF may be constructed as an upland site, as a nearshore site with one or more sides

exposed to the water, or as an island containment area. The joint USACE and U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (USEPA) document “Evaluating Environmental Effects of Dredged Material

Management Alternatives—A Technical Framework” (USEPA/USACE 2004) provides guidance for

selecting an appropriate dredged material disposal alternative. “Evaluation of Dredged Material

Proposed for Disposal at Island, Nearshore, or Upland Confined Disposal Facilities – Testing

Manual” (USACE 2003) further provides procedures for identifying contaminant loss pathways

(Figure 1) requiring control measures necessary for any disposal alternative. Leachate is one of the

pathways shown in Figure 1.