Which of the following best describes environmental parameters that should be examined before a city can build a landfill? (2 points) How close the landfill will be to major cities and highways Whether there will be sufficient staff available to operate the landfill If leakage from the landfill will be able to contaminate groundwater What the costs involved in maintaining the landfill will be
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The correct answer is If leakage from the landfill will be able to contaminate groundwater
It is important to check that the landfill that is going to be built in the major cities is leakage proof or not. There are many ways to prevent the leaching of landfill in the groundwater. The leakage of landfill contaminates the groundwater and causes many water borne diseases. There is probably a possibility of infection caused by leakage of landfill that can become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. This can also cause some serious diseases.
The correct answer is: If leakage from the landfill is able to contaminate groundwater.
A landfill site (also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump or dumping ground and historically as a midden) is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial. It is the oldest form of waste treatment (although the burial part is modern; historically, refuse was just left in piles or thrown into pits). Historically, landfills have been the most common method of organized waste disposal and remain so in many places around the world.
Some landfills are also used for waste management purposes, such as the temporary storage, consolidation and transfer, or processing of waste material (sorting, treatment, or recycling). Unless they are stabilized, these areas may experience severe shaking or soil liquefaction of the ground during a large earthquake.