California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), Vol 1, 122 pp, 2016

This document has been prepared to describe the design and operation of a portion of the Kettleman Hills facility—the Landfill B-19 Bioreactor—and to reflect its decommissioning. The anaerobic bioreactor operated within an 18.23-acre portion of B-19 and accepted liquid waste from 2008 to 2014. Nearly 4 million gal of non-hazardous liquid waste was placed in the B-19 bioreactor with no substantial change in leachate generation. The Class II/III waste footprint comprises (1) a bioreactor unit, to which liquids and high liquid content wastes were added as a beneficial use to enhance waste decomposition, and (2) a control unit to which liquids and high liquid content wastes are not added. The Landfill B19 Bioreactor Research Demonstration and Development (RD&D) Project ended September 15, 2014. Landfill B-19 is permitted to operate as a Class II/III landfill, but select monitoring and reporting activities for the Landfill B19 Bioreactor RD&D Project will be discontinued. https://clu-in.org/download/techfocus/bioreactors/BL-B19_Kettleman-Hills_2016.pdf