Landfill site selection for Kerbala Municipal solid wastes by using geographical information system techniques

Dissertant

Abd al-Rida, Muhammad A.

Thesis advisor

al-Anbari, Riyad Hasan
al-Naqib, Aumar N.

University

University of Technology

Faculty

-

Department

Department of Building and Construction Engineering

University Country

Iraq

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2012

English Abstract

The resulting accelerated urbanization phenomenon has brought the necessity to develop environmentally sustainable and efficient waste management systems.

Sanitary landfill constitutes one of the primary methods of municipal solid waste disposal.

Optimized siting decision reduces negative effects to residents living in its vicinity, therebyenhancing the overall sustainability associated with the life cycle of a landfill.

In this study, candidate sites for an appropriate landfill area in Kerbala are determined by using the integration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA).

Thirteen input digital map layers including urban centers, villages, hamlets, industrial areas, main roads and sub roads, railways, airports, soil texture, wetlands, infrastructures, and surface water are produced using a geographical information system.

Simple additive weighing method (SAW) within (MCDA) is used to analyze the produced maps.

According to the digital maps produced by this method with actual case requirements (Distance from districts centers and required landfill area) the analysis result in selection of one landfill site located in the north of Kerbala city near the new Heavy Fuel Oil power plant and, its center area geographic coordinates of 44°5'21.084"E 32°42'59.748"N.

The area of landfill site selected is 6,800,000 m2 and, its volume is 20,400,000 m3.

Also, in this study, Major Ceremonies Municipal Solid Waste (MCMSW) and residential solid waste classified in six categories: organic, paper, plastic, glass, metal, and other wastes.

The results indicate, the composition of generated waste is extremely variable as a consequence of seasonal impacts.

Solid waste generation in Kerbala city divided into three categories : (1)Waste generated from the major ceremonies.(2) Waste generated from the center of the old.(3) Waste generated from the inhabitants of Kerbala city.

The research adopt the value of 1.00 kg/capita.day as a waste generation rate for the year 2012 and increase it at the net rate of the expected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increase of 4% per year.

The volume of solid wastes generated over 10 years as an estimation landfill operation time was 13,473,087 m3.

Therefore, the capacity of the selected landfill can accommodate solid wastes generated from Kerbala city for more than the estimated operation time.

Main Subjects

Engineering & Technology Sciences (Multidisciplinary)

Topics

• Iraq
• Karbala
• Geographical information systems

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-419643