The board shall require that, unless it is demonstrated in a specific case that groundwater degradation will not occur, the holder of the permit for each landfill permitted pursuant to § 34A-6-1.13, shall install and maintain a groundwater monitoring system to adequately determine the quality of the groundwater and the effects of the landfill upon it, if any. The rules and decisions of the board and the department shall operate in conjunction with the groundwater rules promulgated by the Board of Water Management pursuant to chapter 34A-2 and shall protect groundwater from degradation by solid waste to the greatest extent practicable.

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Source: SL 1989, ch 306, § 8.