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Satellite signals are helping landfill operators monitor everything from surface emissions to compaction rates - quicker and cheaper than ever before. Four examples are provided of how using these higher tech landfill tools have proved to be more accurate and less expensive than relying on older, mo...

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Published inWaste Age Vol. 30; no. 11; p. 86
Main Authors DeWeese, Aaron, Newcomer, J David
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Overland Park Informa 01.11.1999
Subjects
Benchmarks
Consulting firms
Engineers
Environmental protection
Geographic information systems
Global positioning systems
GPS
Landfill
Mapping
Satellites
Topography
Waste disposal
Waste management industry
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Summary:Satellite signals are helping landfill operators monitor everything from surface emissions to compaction rates - quicker and cheaper than ever before. Four examples are provided of how using these higher tech landfill tools have proved to be more accurate and less expensive than relying on older, more traditional methods. Searching for an alternative mapping method, Bill Binnie, facility engineer at Superior Service's Greentree Landfill in Kersey, Pennsylvania, hired Cummings/Riter Consultants Inc., a Pittsburgh-based engineering and hydrogeologic consulting firm, to survey and map his site using global positioning systems technology. A GPS system was also used to conduct a surface emissions monitoring of the gas collection system at Martin County, Florida's Palm City II Landfill. Global information systems are another high-tech tool becoming more common in landfill applications.
ISSN:2329-6976
2329-6984