The municipal´s waste landfills may be one of the many causes of the ground water contamination, since many of the old solid waste landfills in municipals were often situated over aquifers which did not have clay or synthetic liners and leachate like they are required to have now. ... The new landfills are required to have clay or synthetic liners and leachate which it's a collection system that will help to protect the ground water so it will not get contaminated. ... A hazardous waste landfill is required double liner, double leachate collection and removal systems, leak detection syst...

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It stated that instead of waste just being dumped in open pits, new landfills that are built must be lined with clay or plastic liners. They also must have systems for treating leachate. ... Sooner or later the liners will start to deteriorate and methane and leachate will leak out. ...

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