Title

Landfill Noise

Keywords

Incinerator; Landfill; Landfill noise model; Noise; Sound pressure levels; Urban infilling

Abstract

Noise studies were performed at a Florida landfill to determine sound pressure level footprints around landfills and to predict the noise impact of the landfill on surrounding areas. The study involved measurements of both landfill and incineration activities and the characterization of those noise sources. The majority of landfill activities involve heavy trucks and construction equipment, which results in large variations of source sound levels at the landfill. The heavy trucks and equipment operations were the dominant noise sources at the landfill. The maximum sound pressure levels are from equipment back up alarms. Measurements of the incinerator demonstrated that it had significantly lower sound levels than other typical landfill sources. The source-specific data was utilized to draw baseline source levels for typical equipment found at landfills and entered into a model used to predict landfill noise levels from equipment types and locations.

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Publication Title

100th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association 2007, ACE 2007

Volume

5

Number of Pages

2907-2913

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

84933510111 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84933510111

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS