MATERIALES DE SUELOS DE YUCATÁN FACTIBLES DE UTILIZARSE COMO CUBIERTA EN SITIOS DE DISPOSICIÓN DE DESECHOS SÓLIDOS

Soil materials from Yucatan soils were studied to establish the feasibility to use them as cover in solid waste disposal sites, considering that the cover layer must withstand the weathering caused by wind and precipitation. The cover must also provide the slope needed for a good surface drainage sy...

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Autores: GONZÁLEZ HERRERA, Roger, VEGA AZAMAR, Ricardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/25281
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistascca.unam.mx/rica/index.php/rica/article/view/25281
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:cover
waste disposal
environmental impact
leachate
hydrologic simulation
cubierta
disposición de desechos
impacto ambiental
lixiviado
simulación hidrológica
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Sumario:Soil materials from Yucatan soils were studied to establish the feasibility to use them as cover in solid waste disposal sites, considering that the cover layer must withstand the weathering caused by wind and precipitation. The cover must also provide the slope needed for a good surface drainage system and ease the evaporation of accumulated precipitation on the top of waste cells through temporary moisture retention. Results indicate that a mixture of 65 % sahcab and 35 % kancab (yucatecan clay), by volume, as cover and liner in a waste disposal site, would reduce leachate amount in more than one third of that produced in a site located in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico or any other place with similar conditions, as determined simulating the site using a hydrologic computer model.