Designing Clay Liners for Animal Waste Storage Ponds

Overview

This course shows how compaction and soil additives are used to construct clay liners for reducing seepage from animal waste storage structures designed by Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Subject areas include soil compaction, field and laboratory permeability tests, seepage estimation, conservation practice standards, and geology. NRCS references include Agricultural Waste Management Field Handbook Chapter 7 and Appendix 10D.

Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

1. evaluate soil types and their suitability for a clay liner

2. evaluate the compaction properties of soils

3. evaluate seepage from animal waste storage structures

4. evaluate and recommend alternatives for reducing seepage from animal waste storage structures.

Prerequisites

Soil Mechanics: Modules 1,2,3 - Classification of Soils-Level 1;
Module 4 - Volume Weight Relationships; Module 5 - Compaction

Duration

1 week

Target Audience

Geologists, engineers, soil conservation technicians and engineering technicians may attend this course. This course is not suitable for soil scientist.

National Employee Development Center (NEDC) Contact
Technical Specialist
Don Holley and Danny McCook

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