April 2016 Vol.7

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Welcome to EcoWeb as New Member of the AGA
http://www.geo-ecoweb.com/

20 Geomembrane Cover Installers Required for Werribee Waste Water Cover Project
http://www.seek.com.au/job/30835937

GNA Website New Sponsors – Coletanche, Leister, Concrete Canvas, Garden City Geotech Geomembranes
http://www.geosyntheticnews.com.au

Queensland Bans Underground Coal Gasification Over Environmental Risks 
http://www.miningweekly.com/article/queensland-bans-underground-coal-gasification-over-environmental-risks-2016-04-18

EPA Confirms Double-liner Pond Leak Detection System at Santos’ Leewood Water Treatment Facility is Working
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/epamedia/EPAMedia16040701.htm

Concrete Canvas® Geosynthetic-Concrete Composite Barrier Used to Line a Newly Constructed Lagoon at a Mine in Brazil
http://www.concretecanvas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CC-Lagoon-Lining-Brazil-Votorantim-Metais-Vazante-1602.pdf

Catfish Dredgers Showcase Their New Dredgers for Filling Geotextile Sand Tubes
https://www.facebook.com/marinadredging/photos_stream?ref=page_internal

Geotextile Tubes Used to Build an Island Perimeter Foundation Then Filling the Interior with Dredged Material
https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2016/04/21/usace-new-flow-way-opens-in-chicopit-bay/

PowerBase™ Barrier Geomembrane Stops VOC Diffusion from Contaminated Sites [pdf]
http://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/Yuc1GN1LXBoU1OX

The Practical Limits of Cold Temperature Geomembrane Installation (by Layfield) [pdf]
http://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/7wo2MghMcxiilA4

Russian Geosynthetics Arrive on the Scene
http://rusgc.com/products/geosynthetic-material-rgk-composite

Settling Ponds at the East Lismore Sewage Treatment Plant to become a Floating Solar Farm
http://www.lismore.nsw.gov.au/cp_themes/news/page.asp?p=DOC-RYO-25-10-81

New Rock Fall Protection Video from Naue
https://youtu.be/ZzG3s2htluk

Bituminuous Geomembrane Products Installed by Titan Environmental Containment
http://www.titanenviro.ca/products/geosynthetics/teranap-bituminous-geomembrane/

ExcelPlas Labs Providing a Comprehensive Range of Tests on Geosynthetic Clay Liners including
•Tensile strength of GCLs to ASTM D6768
•Peel strength to ASTM D6496
•Mass per unit area to ASTM D5993
•Moisture content to ASTM D4643
•Swell index of clay component of GCL to ASTM D5890
•Fluid loss of clay component of GCL to ASTM D5891
http://www.excelplas.com/

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