Watershed Geo Blog
Zoomlion Selects ClosureTurf® for Two Landfill Closures in Ghana
Atlanta, GA- August 3, 2020- Watershed Geo LLC and Zoomlion Ghana Ltd announce a global partnership to close two landfills with the ClosureTurf® final cover system as part of efforts to improve overall environmental infrastructure in Ghana. The two landfills include...
EPA Completes First Phase of a Mississippi Superfund Site Using ClosureTurf
While so many current events are having negative impacts in the world in which we live, Watershed Geo is celebrating the recent closure of the first phase of the Mississippi Phosphates Superfund Site. Previously an environmental liability for the EPA that threatened...
Benefits of ClosureTurf in Seismically Hazardous Areas
There are currently 15 ClosureTurf installation sites located in areas with hazardous seismic potential as classified by the United States Geologic Survey (USGS) and shown in the above figure. The maximum landfill slopes of these sites vary from 4 horizontal to 1...
Watershed Geo Hires Kenny Hughes to Lead New, Patented Solar Technology for Landfills
Atlanta, GA – May 1, 2020 – Watershed Geo is pleased to announce that Kenny Hughes has joined the Watershed Geo team as Vice President of Renewable Energy. Hughes will be focused on growing the market for Watershed’s patented PowerCap™ solar array system in...
Watershed Geo, Watershed Solar, and ISM Solar Development Announce Formation of Watershed Solar Development
Watershed Solar Development to Offer Innovative Solutions for Turning Landfills and Brownfields into Clean Energy Assets ALPHARETTA, GA and EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – November 22, 2019- Watershed Solar Development has been formed to provide innovative landfill and...
All-Weather Protection
Watershed Geo’s ClosureTurf® and HydroTurf® Superior Performance When Exposed to Historic Rainfalls and Strong Winds In its tenth year of in-ground performance, ClosureTurf has proved its ability to solve erosion challenges for landfill final covers. To date, over...
WG Marks Their 10th Year of Establishing a New Standard With ClosureTurf
Many years of testing, breaking, fixing, evaluating and refining led Watershed Geo founders in 2009 to a small town in Louisiana to bring to reality their vision of significantly improving the way landfills are closed and maintained. Since then WG has completed over...
EPA Superfund Site to be Closed with ClosureTurf
ClosureTurf estimated to save $6 Million in Installation and Maintenance Costs and $40,000 Per Day in Water Treatment Costs Once Completed Atlanta, GA – July 2,2019– Watershed Geo announced today that its innovative engineered system, ClosureTurf, was chosen for the...
Watershed Geo Names Bradford Cooley Senior Vice President
ATLANTA, GA. – June 2, 2019 – Watershed Geo, a leader in civil engineering and erosion control technologies, today announced the promotion of Bradford Cooley to Senior Vice President. In his new role, Cooley will assume all sales and marketing responsibilities...
Accomack County Landfill Wins Engineering Excellence Honor Award
Accomack County Northern Landfill Capped with ClosureTurf Wins ACEC Virginia 2019 Engineering Excellence Honor Award Accomack County chose ClosureTurf for its landfill closure of Cell 2 based on proven performance as well as environmental and cost benefits. The...