Containment

TenCate Geosynthetics Americas has developed a patent pending innovation that provides extra impact resistance to TenCate Geotube® containers that help protect shorelines, rebuild beaches and reclaim land from bodies of water. The Debris Shield of TenCate Geosynthetics is a specially engineered composite geotextile providing impact resistance by dissipating energy from an impact force from water-carried debris. This new technology provides additional protection against vandalism, UV radiation and abrasion. The Debris Shield will protect TenCate Geotube® containers and thereby extend their useful service life.

The Interstate Technical Group on Abandoned Underground Mines (ITGAUM) is issuing a call for papers to be presented at its 8th Biennial Workshop. The workshop is scheduled for 21-24 September 2010 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Abstracts are due by 7 May 2010. Learn more.

Alpharetta, GA - Terminus, the first occupant of the massive LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center Complex in Emerson, GA, is a cable-pulled Wake Boarding Park with three different...

The biennial, 2.5-day GeoU in Austin, Texas focuses on geosynthetics in civil infrastructure. The event co-locates short courses on landfill design, landfill CQA, and civil infrastructure (roadway design, walls...

The deadline is fast approaching for GeoAmericas 2016, the 3rd Pan-American Regional Conference on Geosynthetics. Organized by the North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS) and Minerva Technology, Resources & Information,...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a guidance document describing approaches that can help communities explore adaptive, innovative stormwater management techniques. The guide, "Green Infrastructure in Arid and Semi-Arid Climates," provides many environmental, social, and economic benefits of green infrastructure in order to reduce runoff, conserve water, recharge groundwater, conserve energy and improve air quality in water-limited areas. Learn more here.;

ASCE's Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute (COPRI) and the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) will co-sponsor Dredging 2012. The event is being developed by COPRI's Waterways Committee. For more information on the conference or for related questions, please contact Kelly Barnes at Kelly.J.Barnes@usace.army.mil. To join the conference organizing commitee, please contact committe chair Mike Cox at michael.d.cox@usace.army.mil or COPRI at copri@asce.org. More information will be posted on the event website as it becomes available. Learn more here.;

The AMI conference on Waterproof Membranes looks at the trends and technical developments in the international roofing and geomembrane industry. It takes place from 30 November-2 December 2010 at the Maritim Hotel in Cologne, Germany. This year the markets will be reviewed by an international panel of specialists commencing with Jon Nash of AMI Consulting on European construction developments. This is followed by NTC "Gidrol-Krovlja" with an overview of trends in the Russian arena, then Polaris International (Bahrain) on Middle East single-ply roofing strategies and challenges, and Arab Water Seal (UAE) on MENA market trends.

The 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics (10 ICG) will be held 21-25 September 2014 in Berlin, Germany. This will be the biggest international geosynthetics conference during 2014, and it...

On April 27 at 1:00 pm EST, Solmax will tackle a very hot topic with a free webinar: managing geomembrane wrinkles. This session follows the discussion created by...

Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol (EVOH) has been a promising addition to geomembrane manufacturing options. A thin EVOH layer has the capability to reduce dramatically the permeability of membranes to...

HUESKER has just published a video on dewatering with the company's SoilTain® tubes. Learn more here.;

The Australian publication The Age has published a piece on landfilling. The article follows the garbage from bin to burial, and in the process discovers and educates readers about the lengths waste management companies go to now to safely handle and bury garbage. This includes lining systems, leachate management, closure cap planning, and much more. Learn more here.;

AMI has announced the dates of Waterproof Membranes 2017, the 11th installment in the annual series and issued a call for presentations. The international conference focuses on the market...

In the latest issue of Engineering and Mining Journal, European Editor Simon Walker looks at heap-leaching technology and how mining companies are extending its application range. The article includes a section ("From the Bottom Up") on the growth of geosynthetic lining systems in heap leaching operations, with source credits to Allan Breitenbach and a paper co-authored by Mark Smith. Also, CETCO's composite lining system technologies are mentioned. (Photograph of site use currently available only in the print edition.) Read it online. Learn more here.;

While the term "best management practice" (or, BMP) may be misleading, especially since agencies from town to town may disagree on which BMPs are acceptable--that is, which are actually "best"--erosion control is clearly of need. You can see this on a very large scale around Las Vegas. The Review Journal looks back at 10 years of major erosion control and bank stabilization projects and how sediment loads have been reduced by 75%, 38,000 native plants have returned, more than 100 species have returned, and much more. Learn more here.;

The UPC’s Institute of Textile Research and Industrial Cooperation of Terrassa (INTEXTER) leads the European research project MODSIMTEX (Textile Modeling and Simulation). The project will create new technology that can save textile manufacturers metric tons of raw material, time and energy. A consortium of twelve leading European companies and research laboratories will design an intelligent system that can reduce by 75% the time and the raw materials needed to set up the machinery in assembly lines for high value added products. The new system will be ready in just over three years. Read more at Innovations Report. Learn more here.;

The man responsible for watching and caring for millions of fish has reached the end of his career at the Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery near Riverdale, North Dakota. Jon Gravning has officially retired. Geosynthetica visited the hatchery in late 2009 to view installation work on the lined ponds. The people at Garrison were extremely helpful and open about the hatchery process. Gravning was part of the culture that makes Garrison such a successful facility. We wish him well. Learn more here.;

The latest episode of Geosynthetica's GeoTalk Podcast finds Tamara Tuttle (Atlas International Consulting) interviewing Ryan Kamp, President of Chesapeake Containment Systems, one of the largest geosynthetic installation companies in...

BC Local has published an update on the Mount Washington Mine remediation work. The former copper mine has received a grant of $4.5 million from the provincial government of British Columbia. Part of the money is going towards the installation of a bituminous geomembrane capping system. Work is now underway. Learn more here.;

Fort Knox in mid-November poured its first gold dore' bar produced from the recently completed valley heap leach facility, a project that will help add at least five years onto the life of mine. Crews completed the in-heap storage pond, placed liner for stage one of the heap leach, constructed a spillway and laid piping before mine crews began stacking gold-bearing crushed rock this fall. Learn more here.;

Montreal (Qc) – Solmax releases its first issue  of a series of technical magazines. We are proud to present Mining Solutions, a publication which explains the benefits and the use of polyethylene geomembranes...

Flooding in Romania has become a major problem this year. The European Union is now stepping in to assess the situation and relief strategies. Some nations, such as Hungary, are offering immediate help in the way of dewatering pumps, geotextile rolls and other hands-on, water management materials. Learn more here.;

The Biotic Earth blog has posted a nice update from a critical erosion control project performed at the Milner Ridge wastewater facility in Manitoba, Canada. The work was part of stabilizing the soils around the wastewater ponds, the slopes for which were in jeopardy of failure from erosion. A combination of erosion control blankets and biotic-enriched hydromulch was used. One year later, the site is showing tremendous signs of success; as is this combination approach to erosion control in cold climates. Learn more here.;

The International Erosion Control Association Region One will offer a number of field tours at Environmental Connection 2017, the annual conference and exhibition from the association. Learn-in-the-field opportunities include: ...