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ASTM Selected Technical Papers
Hazardous Solid Waste Testing: First Conference
By
RA Conway
RA Conway
1
Union Carbide Corporation
,
South Charleston, W. Va. 25303
;
symposium cochairman and co-editor
.
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BC Malloy
BC Malloy
2
Engineering-Science
,
Berwyn, Pa. 19312
;
symposium cochairman and co-editor
.
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ISBN-10:
0-8031-0795-1
ISBN:
978-0-8031-0795-3
No. of Pages:
396
Publisher:
ASTM International
Publication date:
1981

The paper deals with the laboratory determination of permeability (hydraulic conductivity) as applied to hazardous waste disposal siting studies. Probably the most important hydrogeologic parameter in a hazardous waste siting study is permeability. It is also the most variable property of soils, and this variability causes many problems in the laboratory, especially in the fine-grained soils typically tested for hazardous waste siting studies.

The determination of seepage velocity is discussed, and the importance of the groundwater level for hazardous waste disposal sites is considered.

The best overall laboratory device to determine permeability appears to be the triaxial device, utilizing the proper application of backpressure. The use of rigid wall permeameters or consolidation theory to determine permeability is not recommended, since unconservative results are generally obtained.

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Freeze
,
R. A.
and
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,
J. A.
,
Groundwater
,
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,
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,
1979
.
2.
Holtz
,
R. D.
and
Kovacs
,
W. D.
,
An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering
,
Prentice-Hall
,
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
,
1981
.
3.
Cedergren
,
H. R.
,
Seepage, Drainage and Flow Nets
, 2nd ed.,
Wiley
,
New York
,
1977
.
4.
Olson
,
R. E.
and
Daniel
,
D. E.
in
Permeability and Groundwater Contaminant Transport
, ASTM STP 746,
American Society for Testing and Materials
,
1981
.
5.
Zimmie
,
T. F.
,
Doynow
,
J. S.
, and
Wardell
,
J. T.
,
Proceedings
,
International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
,
Stockholm
,
1981
.
6.
Bishop
,
A. W.
and
Henkel
,
D. J.
,
The Measurement of Soil Properties in the Triaxial Test
,
Edward Arnold Ltd.
,
London
,
1962
.
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Black
,
D. K.
and
Lee
,
K. L.
,
Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Division
. American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol.
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, No.
SM1
,
01
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, pp. 75-93.
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Wardell
,
J. T.
and
Doynow
,
J. S.
, “
Laboratory Permeability Testing of Fine Grained Soils for Hazardous Waste Disposal Siting Studies
,” master's project,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
,
Troy, N.Y.
,
1980
.
9.
Mitchell
,
J. K.
,
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,
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, and
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,
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. American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol.
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, No.
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,
07
1965
, pp. 41-65.
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