Designing Water Balance Covers (ET Covers) for Landfills and Waste Containment

*Free to Central Ohio ASCE Section members
*Seating is limited to the first 25 people
*Bring your own lunch

In this webinar, the fundamental aspects of WBC design are discussed and design methods are presented. Water balance covers (also known as evapotranspiration, or ET, covers and alternative covers) are sustainable final covers for waste containment facilities, including landfills, mine waste repositories, low level radioactive waste disposal sites, and contaminated materials left in place during site remediation. Soils are used to store infiltrating precipitation in the cover profile during wet periods, and plants and the atmosphere are used to extract the stored water during drier periods. WBCs rely on natural hydrologic principles functioning in the surrounding landscape, and thus can be more sustainable than conventional engineered barrier systems that work against natural principles. WBCs typically are less expensive to construct than conventional covers and are simpler and less expensive to maintain.

RSVP to ajsmith@hullinc.com by Friday, June 14, 2013.

See the ASCE website for more info.

The Central Ohio Section of ASCE sponsors free continuing education webinars as a service to our members. These webinars are produced by ASCE and normally cost $250 or $300 for ASCE members. However, the Central Ohio Section is paying the registration fee and inviting any interested section members to attend for free. Just RSVP to newsletter@centralohioasce.com by the deadline. Seating is limited, so do not delay.

You can see the complete list of webinars available from ASCE National on their website. If you see one you like, let us know. If you and your company would like to host one, let us know that too. If you open it up to any interested Central Ohio ASCE section members to come, we will pay the registration fee.