February 2020 Vol. 1

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GNA – The World’s Most Viewed Online Geosynthetics Bulletin 


NEWSMAKERS: *Agru * BHP * Concrete Canvas * ExcelPlas * Golder * PFAS  * Sensor * TenCate * Tensar *

Refurbishment of Remote BHP Mine Potable & Process Water Storage Pond with Geomembranes– Case Study
https://www.acigs.org/refurbishment-of-remote-mine-potable-process-water-storage-pond-case-study/
https://www.acigs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Newsletter-BHP-News-Letter-v1.1.pdf

Application of Geomembranes in the Management of PFAS
https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/481889/PDFs/Whitepapers/XR-Geomembranes_Application-of-Geomembranes-in-the-Management-of-PFAS.pdf

Sensor UK Granted US Patent for Electronic Leak Location
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/10538384.pdf

Breaking News – Golder Associates Identify potential sources of PFAS contamination including a former petrol storage facility at Spotswood, a former textile factory in Brooklyn and areas where PFAS was used to fight a fire at the Coode Island chemical storage facility in 1991.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/transurban-warned-on-pfas-before-west-gate-tunnel-contracts-signed-20200131-p53wna.html

Fabtech to Present Webinar on Floating Cover Systems for Reservoirs and Ponds (Feb 28, 2020)
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1169597102497406732

ACIGS March Geomembrane Workshop Series Announced
http://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/AJIwm4qFFt0TQN6#pdfviewer

State Rules in Favor of SBPF Extending Bluff Geotubes
https://www.ack.net/news/20200130/state-rules-in-favor-of-sbpf-extending-bluff-geotubes

Agru Professional Sealing of Storage Pond with Geomembrane
https://www.agru.at/en/applications/lining-systems/professional-sealing-of-storage-pond/

Use of Non-woven Geotextiles as Strategies for Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change on Glaciers
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165232X19301090

USE OF NON-WOVEN GEOTEXTILES FOR IMPROVING WATER QUALITY OF A EUTROPHIC LAKE: AN IN-SITU STUDY
http://www.csceproceedings.ca/conferences/CSCE2019/papers/PaperPDFversion_46_0515113816.pdf

A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Highway Slope Repair Techniques
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214391219302260

Long-Term Field Evaluation of a Geosynthetic-Stabilized Roadway Founded on Expansive Clays
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GT.1943-5606.0002206

U.S. Bank Stadium Geosynthetic Reinforced Stress Relief Wall
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2020/02/01/u-s-bank-stadium-geosynthetic-reinforced-stress-relief-wall/

Tensar Introduces – Remote Sensing in Geotechnics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQOraG2-YaQ

Creep Reduction of HDPE Filled with Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes
Incorporation of 10 wt.% of CNT into HDPE sheet resulted in a decrease of creep and residual strains for more than 3 and 5 times, respectively.
Carbon nanotubes also provide in situ strain sensing capability during long-term deformation
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1431/1/012005/pdf

Geotextile Use to Build New Wuhan Coronavirus Hospital
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/4569662