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Enhanced Design Variation Discussed For The Landfill Facility

The Latrobe City Hyland Highway Landfill Consultative Committee met Thursday night to discuss a design variation brought about through improvements suggested by the civil contractor constructing the landfill facility.

By Latrobe City - 19th September 2008 - Back to News

Chair of the Latrobe City Hyland Highway Landfill Consultative Committee, Cr Doug Caulfield, said the main variation is a flattening of the grade of the floor to improve safety in construction and enhance key environmental aspects.

Latrobe City’s manager natural environment sustainability, Matthew Peake, explained that the interface between the floor and side slopes (or batters) are being simplified to improve the transition of the plastic membrane and reduce the number of welds in the plastic.

"The variation not only improves the ease with which the contractor can place and install the various elements of the liner, it will also carry through to the operational phase as the waste transport vehicles will be depositing waste on a gentler slope," Mr Peake said.

"The drainage of leachate from the cell will still exceed the minimum grades required by the EPA Best Practice Design Guidelines for landfills, ensuring any contaminated liquid is easily extracted and collected for treatment.

"The original elements have not deviated from the approved design with the base liner remaining unchanged and these underpin our best practice approach. The footprint of the landfill will be identical and the surface rehabilitated to the level indicated in the original works approval submission," he added.

Cr Caulfield said the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria is the responsible authority for accepting and approving any changes to the design of the landfill whether minor or major in nature. "Council has consulted with the Latrobe City Hyland Highway Landfill Consultative Committee over the changes to ensure consistency with the committee’s terms of reference, and also with council’s policy of engaging with the relevant stakeholders."

Latrobe City mayor, Cr Bruce Lougheed, said design variations will arise during the life of the new landfill facility. "Latrobe’s new landfill has been recognised as a model of best practice for other municipalities to aspire to. As such we will be striving for continuous improvement. Improved technology, materials or construction techniques will benefit the long term performance of the facility throughout its life," Cr Lougheed said.

Source: www.gippsland.com

Published by: news@gippsland.com

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