Arrangement for collecting seepage water from depositories
AssigneeEd. Zublin Aktiengesellschaft
InventorKlaus Wiemer
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Abstract
To control the spread of water from a waste depository body, a drainage layer and a sealing body are provided below the depository body. A control room underlies a major portion of the depository body and a major portion of the sealing body for facilitating visual inspection and repair of the sealing body and the drainage layer. The sealing body includes one or more plastic sheets inclined at an angle with respect to the horizontal to define water collection fields or areas. The sealing body may comprise a platform forming the ceiling of the control room, the ceiling platform being provided with pipelines for drawing off depository gases and with passages or openings for draining off seepage water.
Claims27
An arrangement for collecting seepage water from a waste depository body, comprising:
- sealing means including a planar sealing body underlying the depository body for controlling the spread of seepage water from a region about said depository body;
- drainage means in contact with said depository body for drawing off seepage water therefrom;
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- means for facilitating direct visual inspection and repair of said sealing body, said means for facilitating including a control room large enough to contain an adult human being in a walking posture, said control room underlying a major portion of said sealing body and a major portion of said depository body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.