Exploring Landfill Gas Production with GIS

Sanborn, Head & Associates, Inc. (SHA), of Akron, Ohio, uses GIS to incorporate regularly collected landfill tuning data into progress prints used by its engineers and clients to evaluate landfill conditions. Landfill tuning data includes measurements of methane production, gas temperature, and gas well flow rates, which are important indicators of a landfill’s “health.” Individual tuning rounds are plotted in separate data frames in the same document, which allows an engineer or client to quickly discern whether conditions are changing (or have changed). The visually intuitive framework that SHA is able to create with GIS has been very well received by its clients.

Courtesy of Daniel Schweitzer, Sanborn, Head & Associates, Inc.