Municipal Solid Waste Suitable Disposal Site Selection, Case Study, Wolkite Town, Ethiopia

Abstract

Solid waste disposal area is a matter of public health concern. selection of an appropriate site would minimize environmental impact and forms a sound basis solid waste management, this study conducted with the aim of locating suitable land fill site for the case wolkite town, thus in order to Locating new solid waste landfill area multiple aspects, such as land use/land cover, soil and slope were used as factors. Moreover, proximity from surface water such as: rivers/streams, groundwater supply well point, road, public facility such as-schools, health centers, administrative offices, churches, mosques, other built up areas, and cultural sites were considered as landfill sitting constrains, data analysis were conducted through GIS software finally candidate land fill site were identified ,thus the municipality recommended to use the indicated land fill site rather than the former unsuitable land fill.