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18-Env-A6 Solid Waste Engineering and Management: December 2016

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  1. Question 1 Source Separation vs. Materials Recovery Facility
  2. Question 2 Generation Rate and Composition Survey
  3. Question 3 Physical Properties of MSW
  4. Question 4 Waste Characterization Study — Goal and Steps
  5. Question 5 Odor Development in On-Site Storage
  6. Question 6 Impact of Hazardous Waste in Solid Waste Facilities
  7. Question 7 Required Landfill Area
  8. Question 8 Discharging Landfill Leachate to a WWTP
  9. Question 9 Strategy to Extend Landfill Life
  10. Question 10 Long-Term Landfill Closure Plan
  11. Question 11 Landfill Mining
  12. Question 12 Public Meeting Strategy for a New Landfill
  13. Question 13 Variables Governing Landfill Gas Production
  14. Question 14 Factors Affecting LFG Production
  15. Question 15 Issues in Implementing MSW Combustion Facilities
  16. Question 16 Energy Content of a Refuse Mix
  17. Question 17 Issues in Implementing a Composting Facility
  18. Question 18 Aerobic Composting Parameter Effects
  19. Question 19 Composting Feasibility Report Index
  20. Question 20 Life Cycle Analysis of a Solid Waste Management Plan

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National Examination, November/December 2016 — 04-Env-A6 / 18-Env-A6, Solid Waste Engineering and Management. 3 hours duration, closed book, NO calculator permitted. All twenty (20) questions constitute a complete paper (100 marks total).

Reference texts: Tchobanoglous, Theisen & Vigil, Integrated Solid Waste Management: Engineering Principles and Management Issues; Vesilind, Worrell & Reinhart, Solid Waste Engineering; Davis & Cornwell, Introduction to Environmental Engineering (6th ed.); Freeze & Cherry, Groundwater; CCME, Guidance Document on Landfill Gas Management; Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.