Adjusting Covers for Climate Change

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Okane Consultants mine closure geosynthetic research

Background Okane designed a cover system to support an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) update for a phosphate mine site expansion in Idaho. The objective of the cover system was to minimize the transport of selenium by limiting net percolation. After three years of monitoring performance with a large-scale lysimeter, it was observed that actual site-specific conditions during winter were significantly … Read More