Text:
McBean, Edward A., F. A. Rovers, and G. J. Farquhar, Solid Waste Landfill Engineering and Design, Prentice Hall PTR, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632, 1995.

References:
US EPA, EPA530R96001, Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in the United States, 1995 Update, from US EPA's National Publications Catalog Search (Adobe format).

Qian, Xuede  and Donald H. Gray, Geotechnical Aspects of Landfill Design and Construction, Prentice Hall PTR, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632, 2001.

Tchobanoglous, George, H. Theisen, and S. Vigil, Integrated Solid Waste Management, Engineering Principles and Management Issues, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1993.

Freeman, Harry M., Editor, Standard Handbook of Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1988.

Course Outline:

1. Introduction
2. Sources and composition of SW
3. Generation rates
4. Resource conservation
5. Collection of SW
6. Processing
7. Landfilling of SW
   1. RCRA Subpart D
   2. Landfill design
   3. Siting facilities
   4. Leachate collection and treatment
8. Incineration
9. Sources and composition of HW
10. Generation rates
    1. Resource Conservation
    2. Diversion
    3. Recycling and recovery
11. CERCLA and HW remediation
12. RCRA regulations
    1. Subpart C, HW, including definition
    2. Other parts
13. Landfilling of HW
    1. Siting facilities
    2. HW requirements
    3. Leachate collection and treatment
14. Incineration

Grading:

Mid-semester exam:	75 points
Comprehensive last exam	125 points
Homework/pop quizzes	100 points
Design project	200 points
Total	500 points

Homework assignments will be posted on the internet. You are to submit all homework assignments via e-mail. Homework will not be accepted in paper form, no exceptions. The assignments will be graded and returned via e-mail. Your submitted documents must be compatible with MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint. These programs are available for use in both the Engineering Computer Laboratory and the Civil Engineering Computer Laboratory. You will also be assigned to obtain some class related information via the internet from the US EPA and other sources.