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427-Design of Leachate Collection Systems
427-Design of Leachate Collection Systems
Drainage layer
Undisturbed
native material
Undisturbed
native material
Double liner system
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Leachate
movement
Sloped terraces
Liner
Perforated leachate
collection pipe
Protective
soil layer
Geotextile filter
fabric
Sand drainage
layer
Geomembrane
Geotextile filter
liner
fabric
Extra geomembrane
Washed gravel
(optional)
(1~2 in.) Compacted clay
layer
Toe
seepage
Toe
seepage
Leachate to
groundwater
Leachate
collection
tiles
Refuse
Peripheral
toe-drainage
collection
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Components of LCS
Refuse
French drain
Tile drain
Drainage layer
Low permeable
liner
Undisturbed
native material
limestone-based aggregate
French drain: used in the event of pipe failure or clogging;
gravel pack
Additional containment and/or leak detection system
S = 1~5%
1200 ft
S = 2~5%
Min. 2%
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Access
manhole
Refuse
Drainage blanket
Solid pipe
Perforated pipe
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First cell to be
developed
Leachate
collection line
Slotted pipe
connected to
leachate removal
system
Solid waste
Geomembrane
Stormwater
collection line
Clay berm (2 ft)
Sand layer
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Leachate removed
with a pump
Most widely used
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Above grade
Below grade
Used in
cold regions
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barrier layer
Spacing between the tiles
Slope of the liner
Thickness and hydraulic conductivity of the
drainage layer
If the tiles are separated by too large a distance, the
leachate mound will penetrate back up into the refuse,
resulting in increase in the hydraulic gradient and
consequently increase in leachate seepage.
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considerations including:
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D-L
D
P
Z
L
Apex
y(x) z(x)
yo
Drain
Liner
Drain
x
D
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(10.1)
(10.2)
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w
v 2 - sv
Solving the preceding equation and invoking the boundary
condition y(0) = yo, yields three conditional cases:
Apex
Case I: 4 > s2
Drain tile
Case II: 4 = s2
Low permeable liner
Case III: 4 < s2
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yo
y
s o
L
L
x L 1
Lx
exp
2y o
s
s
1
L
tan
2
4 s 2
4 s
Case II: 4 = s2
x L
tan
2y
s
Lx
2
4 s
(10.6)
yo
2y o
2
s
L
L exp
1
2y
2y
s
s o
L-x
L
yo
y
s o
L
L
x L 1
Lx
exp
L-x
2y
L
x
(10.7)
(10.8)
2y o
2y
s
s
s
tanh 1 L x
tanh 1 L
2
2
2
s - 4
s - 4
4 s
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Example
p = 15.2 cm/yr (6 inches/yr); K = 10-3 cm/sec; max.
61 cm/yr
30 cm/yr
7.6 cm/yr
15.2 cm/yr
2.5 cm/yr
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y y 02 2
max
(10.9)
(10.10)
Ex. Determine ymax using Eq. 10.10 for a 30 m tile drain spacing,
a drainage layer hydraulic conductivity of 10-3 cm/sec, a
percolation rate of 7.6 cm/yr, and zero liner slope.
30 m
7.6 cm / yr
Solution:
y
max
= 0.23 m
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L=D/2
L=D/2
D
P
x
d
Q(x)
Liner
Drain
L=D/2
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(10.12)
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Case I
Case III
y max
tan 2s tans
2
D tan 2s
tans
1
2
(Moore, 1983)
tan s
(Richardson and
Koerner, 1987)
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- sy *o y *o
- su u
*
4 s
*2
exp
2y *o s
tan
2
2
4 s
4 s
2u * s
tan
(10.13)
Case II: 4 = s2
s - 2y *o
2s(y *o u * )
x
exp
*
*
*
s - 2u
(s
2y
)(s
2u
)
o
(10.14)
- sy y
*
o
- su u
*
*2
o
*2
(2y s A)(2u s A)
*
(2y
A)(2u
A)
*
o
*
o
2
2A
(10.15)
McEnroe,
1989
1.545
1.225
1.010
0.855
0.740
0.650
0.772
0.612
0.505
0.427
0.370
0.325
Moore,
1983
1.542
1.121
0.838
0.651
0.526
0.437
0.771
0.561
0.419
0.326
0.263
0.219
Richardsonand
Koerner,1987
1.542
1.179
0.999
0.909
0.861
0.833
0.771
0.589
0.499
0.454
0.430
0.417
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Wisconsin Regulations
NR 504.06(5)(a) Wisconsin Administrative Code
(WAC):
12 inches of average leachate head over the liner
< 130 ft drain spacing
NR 512.12(3) WAC:
Open conditions: p = 6 inches/yr = 0.5 inch/month
Closed conditions: p = 1 inch/yr = 0.083 inch/month
Factors affecting the leachate mount height
Percolation rate into the drainage layer
Hydraulic conductivity of the drainage layer
Leachate flow distance from the upstream boundary
to the leachate collection pipe
Slope of the landfill liner
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McEnroe Method
R = p/Ksin2 < 1/4
R (1 2RS)
2R (S 1)
Ymax
exp
1 2R
(
1
2
RS
)(
1
2
R
)
1/ 2 A
R = 1/4
2 2 (1 A 2R )(1 A 2RS )
Ymax (R RS R S )
(
1
2
R
)(
1
2
RS
)
R > 1/4
1
1
2 2
1 2RS 1
1 2R 1
Ymax R RS R S exp tan
tan
B B
B
B
p = percolation rate per unit surface area (cm3/sec/cm2);
S = tan = slope of liner (ft/ft); = slope angle;
K = hydraulic conductivity (cm/sec); A = (1-4R)0.5; B = (4R-1)0.5;
L = drainage distance, measured horizontally (ft); and
ymax = Ymax (L tan) = maximum saturated depth (ft).
McEnroe, B.M. (1989). Steady Drainage of Landfill Covers and Bottom
Liners, Jour. of Envion. Eng., ASCE, 115(6): 1114-1122.
McEnroe, B.M. (1993). Maximum Saturated Depth over Landfill Liner,
Jour. of Envion. Eng., ASCE, 119(2): 262-270.
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Performance Measures
Residence Time, T
Ks'
v
n
L Ln
T
v Ks'
dh
V K At
dz
d y max
V
KAt
d
ymax: Max. height of leachate mound
d: Thickness of low permeable layer
Undisturbed native material
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Breakthrough Time
d
d 2n e
t
K(d h)
12.4 yrs
K(d h) 0.103 (4 1)
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Clogging Problems
Occur in agricultural irrigation, weeping tile systems,
Weeping Tile
Two types
Helical profile
Annular profile
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Pipe
Cleaning
Method
Rodding equipment
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Snakes
Sewer ball
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Drainage
Couplers and
Diameter: 4" ~ 36" Fittings
Length: 20"
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