Florida researchers tested waste incinerator ash beneath a working road for 10 years; groundwater monitoring found no evidence of impact
- Image: CanvaIn Florida, researchers tested whether ash left over from burning everyday waste could safely sit beneath a working road.
- They built a full-scale test roadway using municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash in the base layer, the asphalt and the concrete, then sampled groundwater from monitoring wells for ten years, from 2014 to 2024.
- The wells showed no evidence that the ash had affected groundwater.
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- Image: CanvaIn Florida, researchers tested whether ash left over from burning everyday waste could safely sit beneath a working road.
- They built a full-scale test roadway using municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash in the base layer, the asphalt and the concrete, then sampled groundwater from monitoring wells for ten years, from 2014 to 2024.
- The wells showed no evidence that the ash had affected groundwater.
Sources: Times of India