Saneamiento del tiradero de la ciudad de Oaxaca de Juárez

Abstract

Oaxaca City’s dump is located at Villa of Zaachila Municipality, it has 17.08 has as area and began operating 24 years ago. It attends Metropolitan Zone of Oaxaca City and roughly receives 650 Ton/d of solid wastes. It looks the dump site is in a vulnerable geological zone due to fails and with social conflicts due to country houses around it, getting health people on risk . Because of this the Ecology State Institute of Oaxaca is thinking about close it. Here, a drain proposal is presented which is based on topography, geophysical and soil mechanics studies, laboratory analysis and monitoring works; to establish criteria and characteristics of necessary facilities to drain the dump and to close it or to use it as a sanitary landfill for some years more.