Question

Surface impoundments are pond-like areas that are used to hold liquid hazardous waste. Surface impoundment sites should have ______.

A: A heavy, plastic liner that keeps waste from leaking into the soil
B: Many earthquakes
C: No liner
D: Streams that flow into and out of them so that the waste can move downstream into local rivers

Answer 1

A: A heavy, plastic liner that keeps waste from leaking into the soil

Step-by-step explanation:

They must have a liner so that toxic wastes such as metals and others cannot seep from waste into the soil.