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Estimates of the landfill capacity that each metropolitan <br />county would need over the next 20 years, based on its own <br />waste generation, also are given in Table 1. These estimates <br />do not consider existing county landfill capacity, however; <br />counties are to reduce their estimated needs accordingly. <br /> <br /> The waste from Hennepin and Ramsey Counties will require <br />by far the most estimated landfill space in 20 years, 32,049 <br />and 15,455 acre-feet respectively. Projected needs for the <br />other five counties' wastes by the year 2000 are: Anoka <br />5,281 acre-feet, Carver 1,077, Dakota 6,331, Scott 1,455, and <br />Washington 3,737. <br /> <br />3. HOW ESTIMATED NEEDS WERE DETERMINED <br /> <br /> An explanation of data sources and methodology used to <br />make the estimates in this report follows. <br /> <br />DATA SOURCES <br /> <br /> The Council adopted a Solid Waste Management chapter of <br />the Metropolitan Development Guide in 1970 and amended it in <br />1976 and 1977. That chapter was superceded by the Solid and <br />Hazardous Waste Management Development Guide/Policy Plan <br />adopted by the Council in February 1979 to comply with the <br />Metropolitan Solid Waste Act of 1976 and the Metropolitan <br />Council Act of 1967. <br /> <br /> The 1979 plan contains estimates of the Region's solid <br />waste disposal system capacity, which were modified slightly <br />in this report. <br /> <br /> <br />