Geoenvironmental Engineering

Waste material is an unavoidable by-product of human activities. Economic development, urbanization and improved living standards in cities increase the quantity and complexity of generated solid wa...

Sediments, as this paper will explore them, are defined as free particles of soil found at the bottom of a water body, whether it be clay, sand, organic material, or silt. They originate from both e...

The United States Army has estimated that over 1.2 million tons of soil across its various facilities is currently contaminated due to explosives [1]. This contamination can be found in a variety of...

In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) is the procedure in which a chemical oxidant is introduced into the site’s subsurface with the purpose of transforming groundwater or soil pollutants into safer spe...

Across the world, the majority of MSW is landfilled, incinerated, placed in an open dump, or discarded into rivers or streets. Some cities have made enormous strides towards the ambitious goal of “z...

    Landfilling is one of the traditional options considered to address “The Waste Problem,” dubbed for the continuous, largely anthropogenic, generation of waste (inclusive of industrial, residentia...

Since the development of the first landfill in 1937, landfilling has been the dominant waste management strategy nationally and internationally. As shown in Figure 1, in 2018, a total of 292.4 milli...

    Increased need for waste disposal has led to new solutions to increase storage capacities, like the vertical expansion of existing sites. These expansions, or “piggyback landfills,” make use of...

Fenton process is an advanced oxidation method used in the breakdown of organic and inorganic contaminants in landfill leachate. However, leachate composition in landfills varies significantly around...

[See a well-formatted PDF copy of our report here] Nuclear power is generated by splitting atoms to release the energy held in the nuclei at the core of those atoms. The advancement of nuclear techn...

Nuclear accidents are menacing manmade disasters that pose great dangers to people across very broad regions. Reactors are an area where these incidents tend to occur, with two very famous accidents...

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is an extremely environmentally hazardous by-product of mining. Often from natural leaching of groundwater, excess precipitation, or flooding of a mine, water interacts with...

Uncontrolled runoff from various sources can cause eutrophication of aquatic ecosystems. High levels of nitrates and phosphates can be generated through both runoff and accumulation in soils from fe...

As growing human populations settle more and more in low-lying coastal areas and near waterways, flood protection systems are becoming increasingly important engineered structures. Threats from sea-l...