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Erosion-control mix rebuilds Clyde’s creekbank

August 1, 2009

…with streambank slopes steeper than 1:1 and vertical bank heights of 11ft (Photo 2). Destruction from the hurricanes allowed excessive amounts of runoff to rush through this channel at a…

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History, development, and future prospects for geosynthetics industries in China (Part 1 of 2)

August 1, 2009

…the academic communication and market education between China and the rest of the world. 1.2 Classification of geosynthetics Currently, there are no unified classification rules and there is no significant…

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Silt fence applications for geosynthetics

July 24, 2009

…pollutant. Other pollutants such as fertilizers, pesticides, oil and grease make stormwater runoff our most common cause of water pollution. In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency has created…

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Agricultural applications for geosynthetics

July 24, 2009

…Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and permit regulations for large Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) was issued by the U.S. Environmetal Protection Agency (EPA) as a final ruling and became effective…

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Characterization of textured geomembranes predictive of interface properties

June 1, 2009

…y-axis (left side) are the results of a direct shear test with a overburden pressure run in accordance with ASTM 5321. In Figure 10, the secondary y-axis (right side) charts…

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GMA Lobby Day helps U.S. Congress connect with geosynthetics

June 1, 2009

…and Rudy Barry (Kemp Partners) with Perrin Cooke, Legislative Assistant for Sen. Kay Hagan(D-N.C.). John Henderson and Lee Bryan (TenCate) and Tom Worrall (Whitmer & Worrall) with Chris Cook, Legislative…

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Project helps open Pennsylvania freeway

April 1, 2009

…in construction, more than 600,000m3 of iron pyrite rock were excavated. When iron pyrite is exposed to air and precipitation, the potential for acidic runoff or acid rock drainage (ARD)…

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Finland mine features bituminous geomembrane liner

April 1, 2009

…The liner is at the Kittilä Gold Mine in northern Finland. By Bertrand Breul, Mikko Huru, Anton Palolahti Abstract This article will describe the mine in general, including…

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Seattle Seahawks football complex features 8-layer “sandwich”

April 1, 2009

…purify water runoff. Instead of hauling contaminated soils offsite to a landfill, MKA developed a 3-ft-deep clean soil cap formed into a spectator viewing platform, ensuring spectator safety while also…

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Geotextiles in levees (Part 1 of 2)

April 1, 2009

…by conventional methods. Raising would have made the levee fail into a drainage canal and they would have been forced to ruin a whole lot of wetlands” (Hall, 2003). Prior…

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