Tipo de Liners

Geosintéticos en Medio Ambiente

Jorge G. Zornberg, Ph.D., P.E.

The University of Texas at Austin, USA
President, International Geosynthetics Society

Landfill Components
1. Base liner system 5. Gas collection system
2. Side slope liners 6. GW monitoring
systems
3. Final cover system
7. SW management
4. Liquid collection
systems
systems
 Base Lining System 
Configurations

Base Lining System 
Configurations (cont.)
 RCRA – Subtitle D
• Design Criteria:
– Composite liner
– Leachate collection system

• Run‐on and runoff control systems

• Closure criteria

Design Criteria: Subtitle D

Waste
12 in Operations Layer
Geotextile Filter

12 in Granular LCRS Layer

Geotextile Cushion
HDPE Geomembrane (60 mil)

24 in
Low Hydraulic
Conductivity Soil
(k ≤ 1x10-7 cm/s)

Prepared Subgrade
 Example of Base Liner Alternative

Waste
12 in Operations Layer
Geotextile Filter

12 in Granular LCRS Layer

Geotextile Cushion
HDPE Geomembrane (60 mil)

Prepared Subgrade

RCRA – Subtitle C
• Definition of hazardous waste:
– “Listed” constituents
– Mixture
– Derived
– Criteria on:
• ignitability
• corrosivity
• reactivity
• toxicity
 RCRA – Subtitle C (cont.)
• Location standards
• Groundwater protection
• Design criteria:
– Double liner
– Leak detection system
– Thicker clay layer
• Closure criteria

Design Criteria: Subtitle C

Waste
12 in Operations Layer
Geotextile Filter

12 in Granular LCRS Layer

Geotextile Cushion
HDPE Geomembrane (60 mil)
Geotextile Filter
12 in Granular LDS Layer
Geotextile Cushion
HDPE Geomembrane (60 mil)

Low Hydraulic
36 in
Conductivity Soil
(k ≤ 1x10-7 cm/s)

Prepared Subgrade
Base Liner System in a New MSW Facility

Subgrade

Protection Layer

Needlepunched
Nonwoven Geotextile
 Secondary Liner

Needlepunched
Nonwoven Geotextile

HDPE
Geomembrane

Leak Detection System
Nonwoven
Geotextile

Geonet
 Primary Liner 

NW Geotextile

GCL

HDPE Geomembrane

Primary Liner

GCL

HDPE Geomembrane

Berm
Leachate Collection System

Needlepunched
Nonwoven Geotextile

Berm

Leachate Collection System

Gravel Layer

Needlepunched
Nonwoven Geotextile
Leachate Collection System

Gravel Layer
Sump

Needlepunched
Nonwoven Geotextile

New MSW Facility
Muchas Gracias

Jorge G. Zornberg, Ph.D., P.E.

The University of Texas at Austin, USA
President, International Geosynthetics Society