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Sciences and strategies for the long term management and remediation of landfills

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor William Powrie

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering

Research interests

  • Railway track and trackbed behaviour and performance.
  • Geotechnical transportation infrastructure (earthworks, retaining walls, tunnels).
  • Groundwater and groundwater control.
Other researchers

Dr Richard Beaven

Principal Research Fellow

Research outputs

Biodegradation and flushing of MBT wastes
A.A. Siddiqui,
D.J. Richards,
& W. Powrie
, 2013 , Waste Management , 33 (11) , 2257--2266
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.07.024
Type: article
A ‘fill and draw’ tracer test at the Landgraaf landfill pilot November 2010 to March 2011
T. Rees-White,
R. Beaven,
N. Woodman,
& J. Barker
, 2012
Type: report
Investigations into the landfill behaviour of pretreated wastes
A.A. Siddiqui,
D.J. Richards,
& W. Powrie
, 2012 , Waste Management , 32 (7) , 1420--1426
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.03.016
Type: article
Resolution of electrical imaging of fluid movement in landfills
J.M. Jolly,
R.P. Beaven,
& R.D. Barker
, 2011 , Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Waste and Resource Management , 164 (2) , 79--96
DOI: 10.1680/warm.2011.164.2.79
Type: article
Leachate recirculation in a landfill: some insights obtained from the development of a simple 1-D model
J.K. White,
R.P. Beaven,
W. Powrie,
& K. Knox
, 2011 , Waste Management , 31 (6) , 1210--1221
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.10.022
Type: article