Municipal Solid Waste Management of Solan City Using Engineered Landfill

Abstract

Municipal solid waste management of Solan city using engineered landfill in place of non-engineered landfill. In this study we estimate the landfill capacity, landfill height, landfill area and infrastructure area. Provide liner system, cover system, leachate collection system, gas collection system, surface water drainage system, environmental monitoring system and in situ testing was carried out to study the properties of the landfill soil. By using visual HELP tool we check the hydrological landfill performance. Using an engineered landfill increase the capacity of the waste collection in the non-engineered landfill being currently used in the area. The current capacity of the landfill is 6070 m2 and engineered landfill capacity is 10319 m2.This shows that the capacity of the landfill is increased by 58.82%, if engineered landfill is used for the MSW management. The height of the engineered landfill is 18m. The specific gravity of the soil is 2.6 with in limit (2.6 to 2.8) as per as IS code 2720-1980. The permeability of the soil is 1.21×10-4 cm/sec. This signifies that the soil is mainly silty sand.