Reconnaissance of the July 10, 2000, Payatas Landfill Failure
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 19, Issue 2
Abstract
Following ten days of extremely heavy rains from two typhoons, a fast moving slope failure of municipal solid waste was triggered at the Payatas Landfill, Quezon City, Philippines. The wasteslide buried more than 330 persons. Only 58 persons were rescued while, after weeks of recovery efforts, 278 bodies were recovered. This paper documents the events and circumstances that led to the failure. Beyond stating the known facts leading up to the failure, only a brief discussion of the suspected reasons for the failure is presented in this paper.
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Acknowledgments
The reconnaissance efforts were completed through funding by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0092700. The writers would like to thank Dr. Victor Pulmano and Dr. Mark Zarco of the University of the Philippines, Diliman for their help in making contacts at the Payatas Landfill and in performing the interview, and Mr. Per Olof Seman of SWECO International for providing the 1992 VBB VIAK report. Finally, the writers would like to thank the wonderful people of Payatas for their openness in providing interviews about their terrible experience.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 19 • Issue 2 • May 2005
Pages: 100 - 107
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© 2005 ASCE.
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Received: Aug 26, 2003
Accepted: Apr 6, 2004
Published online: May 1, 2005
Published in print: May 2005
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