1st Division Road Landfill, Fort Benning, GA

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J2 performed remedial design and construction to repair and modify an existing landfill gas (LFG) extraction remediation system at the 1st Division Road Landfill, Fort Benning, GA. Slumping of the landfill cover had caused damage to the existing buried LFG extraction system. J2 reinstalled the new LFG system using an adjustable support design. Prior to installation, J2 performed repairs to the landfill cap that included placement of 15,500 cy of soil to restore the landfill cover back to its originally designed grade; seeding with native grasses to reestablish a vegetative cover to mitigate the erosion effects of wind and water; repair to drainage features to ensure proper conveyance of surface run-off to the settling pond; and installation of an additional toe-drain to increase cap drainage capacity.

As part of the LFG system restart, J2 reinstated the telemetric controls to be able to troubleshoot the system remotely and notify local personnel if the system had shut down and needed to be manually restarted.

Monthly LFG monitoring displayed a significant reduction in the offsite migration of methane gas within a very short period of time. Additionally, the balanced LFG extraction is allowing for uniform settlement of the landfill. J2 has maintained the system for the last 3 years.

Monthly O&M has been performed, including adjustments as necessary to balance the flow and concentrations of landfill gases. J2 designed and constructed a methane diversion trench located off of the eastern side of the existing landfill to divert the methane gas migrating through the soils from the landfill and vent the methane to the atmosphere before the gas reaches the permitted boundary of the landfill. The trench successfully kept methane gas concentrations within the regulatory limit at this compliance point.

J2 is currently working with Fort Benning to retrofit the LFG extraction system to a turbine waste-to-energy system (Flex Energy) to convert the methane gas extracted from the landfill into renewable energy.

 


 

1st Division Road Landfill, Fort Benning, GA




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