To safeguard against groundwater contamination, sanitary landfills are ________. to safeguard against groundwater contamination, sanitary landfills are ________. located on slopes so water runs downhill located on industrial sites where groundwater is not used for drinking or agriculture lined with cement lined with plastic and compacted clay located in unpopulated areas

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To safeguard against ground water contamination, sanitary landfills are lined with plastic and clay. Ground water is the water beneath Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.Water that falls as precipitation flows along the surface of the ground. This surface water infiltrates into the ground surface and is held in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. To gain access to this water sources it requires digging or drilling the ground and into an aquifer.