Accession Number:

ADA280036

Title:

Landfill Gas Characterization and Leachate Removal at the Alachua County Southwest Landfill, Alachua County, Florida Through Utilization of a Mechanical Gas Collection System

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FLORIDA UNIV GAINESVILLE

Personal Author(s):

• Gies, Kurt R.

Report Date:

1994-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

217.0

Abstract:

In November 1992, a landfill gas collection system for the Alachua County Southwest Landfill was activated and set so that it was collecting gas from all the wells in a 30-acre area operational from 1972 to 1985, and all the wells from an 11-acre area operational from 1985 to 1988 at a flow rate in excess of 1,000 scfm. In February 1993, an analysis of the system commenced in an effort to optimize the flow and the quality of the extracted gas

Descriptors:

• *GAS ANALYSIS
• *GROUND WATER
• *SOIL POLLUTION
• *LANDFILLS
• PERMEABILITY
• SITE INVESTIGATIONS
• FLORIDA
• WASTE COLLECTION
• LEACHING
• BIODEGRADATION
• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
• SAMPLING
• TOXIC HAZARDS
• BACTERIA

Subject Categories:

• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
• Solid Wastes and Pollution and Control
• Water Pollution and Control

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE