So by now everyone must have heard about fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, which is booming in some of the northern states where there are new oil/petroleum/natural gas sources being explored and extracted. I heard a story on NPR this week about the methane trail that fracking leaves. Which naturally lead me to thinking about other methane sources such as cattle, vehicles, and of course landfills.
Since I can't do much about the cattle or the vehicles, I'll focus on landfills. They have become much better at capturing their methane and using it wisely. You know those nice green hills you see driving down the Turnpike, with little black pipes sticking out of them? Well those hills are landfills, and the black pipes are actually methane extraction wells which are connected to vacuum system that is actively sucking the methane out of the buried solid waste and routing it to either a flare system or a methane capture system.
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| Methane Extraction Wells at the Top of a Landfill |
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| Methane Extraction Wells on the Landfill Side Slope |
These large landfills have active gas management systems, however not all gas management systems are created equal. We have assisted several clients in designing and managing passive gas management systems on their properties which were built on former solid waste dump sites. In fact, I'm thinking of adopting the slogan "Landfills R Us"...
For more information on our solid waste services, visit: http://westhorp.com/v-10346-Solid-Waste-Management
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