aBureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office, 3380 Americana Terrace, Boise, ID 83706 (U.S.A.)
bHazardous Waste Bureau, Division of Environment, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Statehouse, Boise, ID 83720 (U.S.A.)
Abstract:
The evaluation of existing and new landfills requires considerable consideration of environmental factors for the protection of groundwater resources. The initial evaluation of sites can be time-consuming and expensive depending on the assessment approach selected. General planning methods, such as the DRASTIC procedure, coupled with the use of analytical or numerical groundwater models can provide useful site selection tools by improving the quality and quantity of analysis. This paper presents an overview of some promising methods for landfill site evaluation and suggests alternative data sources where few data are present. Examples of some of the methods are given.