Randriegelbrunnen

English translation: perimeter entrapment well

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German term or phrase:Randriegelbrunnen
English translation:perimeter entrapment well
Entered by: Holly Hart

20:06 May 21, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology / type of remediation for contaminated industrial sites to protect ground water
German term or phrase: Randriegelbrunnen
Context:
Mit Randriegelbrunnen und Abwehrbrunnen soll verhindert werden,
dass die Schadstoffe in wertvolle
Grundwasservorräte gelangen.
Holly Hart
United States
Local time: 02:30
perimeter entrapment well
Explanation:
it is a well system arpound the perimeter of e.g. a landfill to entrap/retain the contaminated seepage water from that landfill. In Frankfurt/Main Germany, in the Stadtwald, they did it around the 'Monte Scherbelino' a landfill of WWII debris, in form of a perimeter trench entrapping the seepage to lead it into a canal to a sewage treatment plant
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Wulf-Dieter Krüger
Local time: 14:30
Grading comment
Thanks! That's it exactly!
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perimeter entrapment well


Explanation:
it is a well system arpound the perimeter of e.g. a landfill to entrap/retain the contaminated seepage water from that landfill. In Frankfurt/Main Germany, in the Stadtwald, they did it around the 'Monte Scherbelino' a landfill of WWII debris, in form of a perimeter trench entrapping the seepage to lead it into a canal to a sewage treatment plant

Wulf-Dieter Krüger
Local time: 14:30
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Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks! That's it exactly!

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