ClosureTurf® - Watershed Geo

Big Rivers Electric Corporation

Watershed Geo recently worked with Big Rivers Electric Corporation on the final closure of Phase 1 of their Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) landfill located in Centertown, Kentucky. When deciding the best closure system for this project, Big Rivers chose ClosureTurf® for two main reasons: the system negated the need for a traditional clay cover, and it […]

U.S. Ecology Robstown

U.S. Ecology Inc., a Republic Services Company recently used ClosureTurf® on their Subtitle C, 46-acre hazardous waste landfill closure project in Robstown, TX. This was Watershed Geo’s first hazardous waste project in Texas, working closely with U.S. Ecology to address their complex waste management needs in the treatment and disposal of hazardous waste. While the permitting process […]

Rush Island Energy Center Ash Pond Closure

Ameren Corporation, a Missouri and Illinois power company, chose to use ClosureTurf® for their 111-acre Rush Island Ash Pond Closure located in Festus, MO. Rush Island is the third-largest energy center operated by Ameren Missouri. ClosureTurf helped to eliminate many of the issues presented in a traditional landfill cover. Using ClosureTurf on this project eliminated […]

Coventry Landfill

The town of Coventry, Rhode Island chose to use ClosureTurf® for the final closure of the 10 acre Coventry landfill in order to prevent further contamination of their air and stormwater quality. This landfill which had been active since the 1940’s was unofficially closed in the 1970’s. The town was allowed to cover the existing […]

Tri-City Landfill

The MSW landfill site in Petersburg, VA—known as the Tri-City Landfill—was closed in two phases using the ClosureTurf® system. Due to the site’s complex geometry, ClosureTurf was a viable solution capable of addressing challenges such as limited access and steep slopes. Located in a densely commercial and urban area along the Appomattox River, the ClosureTurf […]

Asbury Power Plant

Asbury Power Plant chose ClosureTurf® as their final cover system to address and solve soil erosion, slope integrity, installation and maintenance cost control, EPA regulation compliance, and longevity and appearance of the final landfill cover. In 2022, Liberty closed approximately 107.5 acres of their CCR impoundment with ClosureTurf at the Asbury Power Plant in Jasper […]

Harrietsfield Landfill

Louisa County Landfill

Faced with silty and highly erodible soils, Louisa County turned from traditional closure methods to an advanced engineered closure system that would be the first of its kind in the state. Traditional final cover systems approved by the Virginia Solid Waste Management Regulations include 18 inches of clay, a geosynthetic clay liner (GCL), or a […]

Covanta Energy

Covanta puts an end to constant slope repair with a stable and cost-effective closure technology. With more than 60 acres of closed landfill space to manage, Steve Melloni, Covanta Energy’s Regional Landfill Manager, has a lot on his plate. Most of his closed waste to energy ash landfills are traditional Subtitle D vegetation caps. His […]

Port Angeles Landfill

In 2014, the city of Port Angeles, Washington, underwent a $20+ million project to relocate their landfill from a giant hole on the side of a 135-foot-high bluff overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Small landslides, erosion and fear of coastal water contamination drove the city to proactively address the possibility of a failure. […]

Accomack County Northern Landfill

Accomack County chose ClosureTurf® for its landfill closure of Cell 2 based on proven performance as well as environmental and cost benefits. The product solved the landfill’s sandy soil erosion issues, significantly reduced the short and long-term maintenance costs and minimized the carbon footprint of the landfill closure.

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