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when liquid waste are present in the landfill, then they will penetrate the ground of the landfill and will reach to the ground water. if they reached, then those liquid waste will contaminate the ground water, and it will not be drinkable water any more.
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What is groundwater and why is groundwater pollution the most likely environmental danger of landfills?
Groundwater, simply, is the water beneath the surface of the ground.
Why was open dumping in landfills outlawed in many states?
Groundwater pollution
How do sanitary landfill sites prevent chemicals from moving into groundwater?
To prevent chemicals from moving into the groundwater, sanitary landfills use plastic liners and compacted clay .
Does food waste in landfills cause greenhouse gases?
yes
What causes the problem of landfills?
People making the waste that has to go in them.
How could hazardous wastes in landfills eventually affect groundwater.?
because the dirt will absorb the hazardous waste from the landfills and goes from the dirt into the water. :)
What must be done to waste water collected from landfills that will prevent the pollution of groundwater?
treated before it is used
What problem is most directly caused by dumping waste in landfills?
Pollution of groundwater
What is groundwater and why is groundwater pollution the most likely environmental danger of landfills?
Groundwater, simply, is the water beneath the surface of the ground.
What problems affect the quality of Eastern Europe's soil?
agricultural runoff, landfills, and hazardous waste.
What are the negative consequences of dumping waste in the landfills?
It can pollute the groundwater.
How could hazardous chemicals deposited in landfills eventually affect groundwater?
The seep into the ground (polluting aquifers that we use for drinking water) and to the surface and cause widespread environmental damage (harm to life on Earth).
Why was open dumping in landfills outlawed in many states?
Groundwater pollution
How does sanitary landfills affect human health?
Landfills affect our human health because, the landfill is filled in by waste disposals and all that waste disposals goes in the air we breath in which causes pollution. Pollution can cause eye burning, and also there saying that some chemicals might be able to cause cancer.
Why is the waste left at landfills to rot?
The waste are not recyclable.
Where does most of your waste en up?
Landfills, where the waste is then incinirated.
What does Ontario do with its waste?
Ontario's waste goes in landfills of treatment sites.
