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14 <br /> economic viability of the programs can be reevaluated on a regular basis <br /> with changes made as deemed warranted. <br /> LANDFILL DISPOSAL AIMERNATIVES <br /> Recycling can realistically be expected to reduce the demand for landfill <br /> disposal capacity by no more than 30 percent. As a result, both Counties <br /> will be required to provide disposal capacity for non-recycled wastes at • <br /> sites that would have to be physically much larger than the existing <br /> landfills. EXpanding development in both Counties coupled with the need to <br /> protect and expand water supply basins is rapidly depleting the number of <br /> locations at which future landfills can be sited. This problem will worsen <br /> with time. <br /> The development of a single, 15 to 20 year capacity regional landfill to <br /> serve the needs of both COunties after the existing landfills are closed • <br /> does not appear feaqible because of the lack of sites of sufficient size to <br /> meet these needs. <br /> Preliminary landfill siting analyses have disclosed a total of only five <br /> locations in the-region at which future individual °aunty sites capable. of <br /> providing 10 years of capacity for all non-recyclable wastes might be <br /> located. This small inventory of prospective site areas strongly suggests <br /> that the decision making process to select a new site for a large landfill <br /> in each Cbunty will be difficult when additional criteria such as community <br /> impacts and environmental considerations are taken into account. Were the <br /> juriwiictions of each County to proceed with the development of a large, <br /> new landfill to dispose of non-recycled wastes, they may be forced to <br /> ES - 4 <br />