Date
01 Jun 1988, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Abstract
A portion of a slope of a subsurface waste containment cell failed. It is believed that this failure could be attributed to a sudden drawdown condition caused by the pumping of treated wastewater effluent stored inside the cell prior to construction of the permanent liner. This conclusion seems to be in agreement with the results of a stability analysis conducted utilizing post-failure slope profile data. A discussion of the analysis of the failure and the reconstruction of the slope is presented in this paper.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
2nd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1988 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Raghu, Dorairaja and Van Orden, Robert J., "Failure and Reconstruction of a Waste Containment Pond Slope" (1988). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 9.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/2icchge/2icchge-session1/9
Failure and Reconstruction of a Waste Containment Pond Slope
A portion of a slope of a subsurface waste containment cell failed. It is believed that this failure could be attributed to a sudden drawdown condition caused by the pumping of treated wastewater effluent stored inside the cell prior to construction of the permanent liner. This conclusion seems to be in agreement with the results of a stability analysis conducted utilizing post-failure slope profile data. A discussion of the analysis of the failure and the reconstruction of the slope is presented in this paper.