Hari D. Sharma and Sangeeta P. Lewis are the authors of Waste Containment Systems, Waste Stabilization, and Landfills: Design and Evaluation, published by Wiley.

• 1 Introduction 11.1 Regulatory Framework 11.2 Environmental Engineering, Waste Disposal, and Containment Issues 152 Waste Characterization and Soil-Waste Interaction 192.1 Composition of Wastes 192.2 Chemical and Biochemical Reactions Within and Below a Waste Disposal site 372.3 Soil-Waste Interactions 452.4 Engineering Properties of Wastes 623 Geosynthetics in Waste Containment and Cover Systems 713.1 Geomembranes 713.2 Geotextiles 1093.3 Geonets and Geocomposite Drainage Nets 1333.4 Geogrids 1373.5 Geosynthetic Clay Liners 1403.6 Soil Geosynthetic Friction Tests 1434 Low-Permeability Liner and Drainage Materials 1584.1 Hydraulic Conductivity 1584.2 Laboratory Hydraulic Conductivity Testing 1714.3 Field Hydraulic Conductivity Testing 1804.4 Low-Permeability Compacted Clay Liners 1924.5 Low-Permeability Admixed (Amended) Soil Liners 2094.6 Drainage (Soil) Materials 2115 Containment Transport: Advection-Dispersion flow Through Low-Permeability Soils 2195.1 Contaminant Transport in Soils 2195.2 Determination of Parameters 2325.3 Methods for Calculating Containment Migration 2405.4 Significance of Diffusion in Containment Transport Through Fine-Grained Materials 2525.5 Case Study: Field Monitoring 2566 Sludge Solidification and Stabilization 2676.1 Terminology and Regulatory Requirements 2676.2 Physical and Chemical Tests for Regulatory Compliance 2726.3 Treatment Methods 2886.4 Solidification/Stabilization Methods 2936.5 Construction Methods 3056.6 Safety, Quality Control, and Closure 3147 Vertical Barriers: Slurry Walls 3217.1 Introduction 3217.2 Trench-Slurry Interaction 3257.3 Permeability, Compatibility, and Strength of the Barrier Walls  3307.4 Construction 3397.5 Specifications 3607.6 Construction Quality Control and Quality Assurance 3668 Liner Systems for Landfills and Surface Impoundments 3688.1 Introduction 3688.2 Lining Systems: Overview 3698.3 Containment Lining systems 3848.4 Cover Lining systems 4208.5 Specifications 4298.6 Construction Quality Assurance 4369 Leachate Collection and Removal Systems 4419.1 Introduction 4419.2 LCRS Design 4439.3 LCRS Analysis 4529.4 Construction, Specification, and CQA 50910 Stability Analyses and Design 51510.1 Introduction 515Section I: Analytical Methods 51610.2 Limit Equilibrium Methods 51610.3 Finite-Element Analyses 53210.4 Seismic Stability Analyses 534Section II: Design Applications 54310.5 Typical Landfill Configuration 54310.6 Excavation Slope Stability 54610.7 Refuse Fill Stability 54910.8 Cover System Stability 55710.9 Seismic Stability 560Appendix A Inspector’s Checklist: Slurry Walls 565Appendix B Settlement Analyses 568B.1 Foundation Settlement 568B.2 Refuse Settlement 575Index 585