Morphometric and vulnerability methods in the selection of landfill sites in active tectonic areas: Tangancícuaro valley, Michoacan, Mexico

Abstract

Handling and disposal of garbage is a high-priority matter everywhere. The requirements of the Mexican standards for drinking water (NOM-083-ECOL-1996) have been exceeded in most cases. For an adequate site selection, this paper shows the importance of applying methods for on the evaluation of vulnerability levels of aquifers (DRASTIC), incorporating the use of morphometric maps of structural geology, in regions such as the Tangancícuaro valley, in the Michoacan-Guanajuato volcanic field and influenced by an active tectonic environment represented by the grabens of Chapala, Cotija and Penjamillo.