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A truncated-pyramid-shape landfill is required to serve a
community for 10 years. The community has a...
A truncated-pyramid-shape landfill is required to serve a
community for 10 years. The community has a solid waste disposal
rate of 5.0 lb/capita/day and a by-weight recycling rate of 34%.
The total solid waste generated by the community over the 10 years
period that is expected to go to the landfill is 1x10^9 lbs. The
waste density is 1500 lb/yard3. Assume that the population,
disposal rate, and recycling rate will remain constant.
- Estimate the population of the community in capita.
- If the waste occupies 85% of the landfill, estimate volume of
the landfill space in ft3.
- If the landfill height is 90 ft, and the side slope is 3,
determine the dimension of the landfill in ft. (let L = W).
- If the landfill has a 10-inch-thick clay barrier layer without
geomembrane that holds 6 inches of liquid leachate above it and a
hydraulic conductivity of 3.25x10^-7 in/s, determine the leakage
rate in ft3/year.