Estimate the thickness of a clay layer that would be required to limit the flow of leachate from the bottom of a landfill to a value of 1.0 mm/d. Assume the hydraulic conductivity of the clay material is 5 × 10-8 m/s and that the surface of the groundwater is 0.68 m below the surface of the leachate collected in the bottom of the landfill.

Estimate the thickness of a clay layer that would be required to limit the flow of leachate from the bottom of a landfill to a value of 1.0 mm/d. Assume the hydraulic conductivity of the clay material is 5 × 10-8 m/s and that the surface of the groundwater is 0.68 m below the surface of the leachate collected in the bottom of the landfill.

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