2004 Annual Report

s Included in NATO/CCMS Pilot Study .....................................................................................2 New Technologies and Technical Approaches 1. Operating Landfills as Bioreactors to Decompose and Stabilize Solid Waste– Timothy Townsend, United States ...................................................................................................4 2. Innovative Technology for Remediation of Landfills and Contaminated Soils–INTERLAND– Thomas G. Reichenauer, Austria ....................................................................................................5 3. Field Water Balance of Landfill Final Covers–William H. Albright, Craig H. Benson, Glendon W. Gee, United States .......................................................................................................6 New Monitoring Approaches 4. Underground Monitoring System–Paolo Costa, Antonio Campanile, Carlo Manna, Italy............8 5. Optical Remote Sensing for Evaluating Air Pathways at Brownfield Sites– Susan A. Thorneloe, United States ..................................................................................................9 Strategies for Completion and Aftercare 6. Strategies for Mitigation of Environmental Impacts From a Closed Municipal Landfill– Steven Rose, Paul MacLatchy, Dale Van Stempvoort, Canada ......................................................12 7. Strategies and Examples of Landfill Closure–Gerhard Rettenberger, Germany............................13 8. Closure and Aftercare Regime for Landfills Below the Water Table–M. Rapthel, Abfallwirtschaft GmbH Halle-Lochau, G. Rettenberger, Fachhochschule Trier, Germany ..........14 9. Waste, Noxious Substances Management Landfill Cap–Tatiana Galitcaia, Moldovia..................15 10. Assessment and Restoration of the BP Llandarcy Refinery Landfill Site– Martin Chapple, United Kingdom...................................................................................................18 11. Closure of the Britannia Sanitary Landfill Site–Is This the End or Just the Beginning?– Larry Conrad, Canada....................................................................................................................19 Managing and Treating Leachate 12. Dilute and Disperse Landfills: Evidence for Natural Attenuation–B.D. Bone, G.M. Williams, J.K. Trick, D.J. Noy, R.D. Ogilvy, T.H.E. Heaton, United Kingdom ..............................................22 13. Multifunctional Permeable Barriers Carrying Well-Performing Microbial Biofilms for Treatment of Mixed Pollutant Plumes–L. Bastiaens, L. Diels, Belgium .........................................23 14. The Use of Constructed Wetland in the Treatment of Landfill Leachates– Thiery Chassagnac, France ............................................................................................................25 Managing Landfill Gases 15. Identification of Methane Hazards Near Municipal Landfills-Two Australian Case Studies– Manuel Fernandez, Australia..........................................................................................................28 16. Phytotoxic Damage and Remedial Actions at an Old Landfill Site in Southern Italy– Antonio Ragozzino, Astolfo Zoina, Italy..........................................................................................29