Introduction to Biogeotechnical Engineering

    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...

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...

Thermal desorption refers to an environmental remediation technique in which contaminants such as organic compounds and metallic mercury in soil are volatilized and separated by heating. [1][2] Due...