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Fact Sheet on Evapotranspiration Cover Systems for Waste Containment

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This Fact Sheet updates the 2003 Fact Sheet on Evapotranspiration Covers and provides information on the regulatory setting for ET covers, general considerations in their design, performance, and monitoring, and status at the time of writing (2011). Also several examples with supporting performance data are provided, as well as a list of sites that have proposed, approved, and installed ET covers. This document can also be accessed at https://semspub.epa.gov/work/HQ/153848.pdf.

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