Question

No landfill shall be located in areas where the ground water table will be less than _________ m below.

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 4

The question was asked in class test.

This intriguing question comes from TSDF topic in section TSDF & Monitoring in TSDF of Hazardous Waste Management

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) 2

Explanation: No landfill shall be located in areas where the ground water table will be less than 2m below base of landfill to prevent contamination of ground water.