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Assessing the Use of Poplar Tree Systems as a Landfill Evapotranspiration Barrier with the SHAW ModelDepartment of Land Resource Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1, Canada
Department of Land Resource Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1, Canada, rmcbride{at}lrs.uoguelph.ca The use of poplar tree systems (PTS) as evapotranspiration barriers on decommissioned landfills is gaining attention as an option for leachate management. This study involved field-testing the Simultaneous Heat and Water (SHAW) model for its ability to reliably estimate poplar transpiration, volumetric soil water content, and soil temperature at a landfill located in southern Ontario, Canada. The model was then used to estimate deep drainage and to ascertain the influence of a young PTS on the soil water balance of the landfill cover. The SHAW model tended to underestimate poplar transpiration [mean difference (MD) ranged from 0.33 to 3.55 mm on a daily total basis] and overestimate volumetric soil water content by up to 0.10 m3 m-3. The model estimated soil temperature very well, particularly in the upper 1 m of the landfill cover (MD ranged from -0.1 to 1.6 x°C in this layer). The SHAW model simulations showed that deep drainage decreased appreciably with the presence of a young PTS largely through increased interception of rainfall, and that PTS have a good potential to act as effective evapotranspiration barriers in northern temperate climate zones.
Key Words: Municipal solid waste landfill • remediation • poplar tree system • evapotranspiration barrier • SHAW model • deep drainage • leachate • wmr 706-3
Waste Management & Research, Vol. 22, No. 4,
291-305 (2004) This article has been cited by other articles:
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