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18-Env-A6 Solid Waste Engineering and Management: December 2017

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  1. Question 1 GHG-Reduction Strategy for Solid Waste
  2. Question 2 Annual Landfill Area for a Population of 50,000
  3. Question 3 Hazards of Methane in Landfill Gas
  4. Question 4 Required Landfill Area for a Community of 31,000
  5. Question 5 Factors in Discharging Landfill Leachate to a WWTP
  6. Question 6 Long-Term Landfill Closure Plan
  7. Question 7 Landfill Mining
  8. Question 8 Extending the Life of a Community Landfill
  9. Question 9 Factors Affecting Landfill Gas Production
  10. Question 10 Public Meeting Strategy for Siting Opposition
  11. Question 11 Variables Governing Landfill Gas Production
  12. Question 12 General Concerns with Landfilling
  13. Question 13 Determining Solid Waste Generation Rates and Composition
  14. Question 14 Engineering Calculations for Performance Criteria
  15. Question 15 Waste Separation at Source
  16. Question 16 Determinants of MSW Moisture Content
  17. Question 17 Greatest Deterrent to Materials Reclamation
  18. Question 18 Post-Closure Care Factors

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National Examination, December 2017 — 04-Env-A6 / 18-Env-A6, Solid Waste Engineering and Management. 3 hours duration, closed book, one of two calculators permitted (Casio or Sharp approved model). All eighteen (18) 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.