Diseño de la ampliación del relleno sanitario regional la cortada del municipio de Pamplona Norte de Santander.

Abstract

This work contains and describes the activities carried out to support the design of the expansion of the “La Cortada” regional sanitary landfill in the municipality of Pamplona, taking as a starting point an analysis of the current management and operation conditions of the same, continuing with a series of studies of geology, geotechnics and topography which yielded data that later allowed to perform the calculations and sizing necessary to determine areas to intervene for the expansion, volumes of waste that can be disposed and the useful life of the landfill. Once the tentative designs were established, an environmental impact study was conducted to establish the most significant impacts generated by the construction, management, operation of the sanitary landfill. From this study it was possible to determine the technical specifications that EMPOPAMPLONA S. A IS P. company in charge of the sanitary landfill, execute them in the best way for an adequate environmental management and can mitigate the negative impacts already identified. Finally, it was possible to establish a series of recommendations for the management and operation of the sanitary landfill that could allow a maximum use of the solid waste disposal areas, thus obtaining a wider useful life, and that in general allow an optimum operation thereof, and a mitigation of environmental impacts.