Reinforced wall system

A reinforced wall system, the system comprising:

• fill material;
• a plurality of facing baskets, each facing basket comprising a substantially horizontal portion and a substantially vertical portion;
• a plurality of reinforcing members at least partially disposed within the fill material, each of the plurality of reinforcing members associated with a corresponding facing basket, each of the plurality of reinforcing members comprising an inner end, an outer end, a top surface, and a bottom surface, the outer end of each reinforcing member being above the substantially horizontal portion of the corresponding facing basket;
• and
• an impermeable membrane at least partially encapsulating at least a portion of the fill material and one or more of the reinforcing members, the impermeable membrane being fluid-impermeable;
• wherein the facing baskets and the reinforcing members are positioned in a plurality of layers, with each layer comprising one facing basket and one corresponding reinforcing member;
• wherein the impermeable membrane is positioned to span two or more layers of the plurality of layers;
• and
• wherein at one or more layers of the plurality of layers, a portion of the impermeable membrane is positioned around the outer end of the corresponding reinforcing member.