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Younger, P.L. |
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Holistic remedial strategies for short- and long-term water pollution from abandoned mines |
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2000 |
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Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Section a-Mining Technology |
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A210-A218 |
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abandoned mines acid mine drainage Europe mines mining planning pollution remediation United Kingdom water pollution Western Europe |
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Where mining proceeds below the water-table-as it has extensively in Britain and elsewhere-water ingress is not only a hindrance during mineral extraction but also a potential liability after abandonment. This is because the cessation of dewatering that commonly follows mine closure leads to a rise in the water-table and associated, often rapid, changes in the chemical regime of the subsurface. Studies over the past two decades have provided insights into the nature and time-scales of these changes and provide a basis for rational planning of mine-water management during and after mine abandonment. The same insights into mine-water chemistry provide hints for the efficient remediation of pollution (typically due to Fe, Mn and Al and, in some cases, Zn, Cd, Pb and other metals). Intensive treatment (by chemical dosing with enhanced sedimentation or alternative processes, such as sulphidization or reverse osmosis) is often necessary only during the first few years following complete flooding of mine voids. Passive treatment (by the use of gravity-flow geochemical reactors and wetlands) may be both more cost-effective and ecologically more responsible in the long term. By the end of 1999 a total of 28 passive systems had been installed at United Kingdom mine sites, including examples of system types currently unique to the United Kingdom. Early performance data for all the systems are summarized and shown to demonstrate the efficacy of passive treatment when appropriately applied. |
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Holistic remedial strategies for short- and long-term water pollution from abandoned mines; Wos:000167240600013; Times Cited: 2; ISI Web of Science |
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CBU @ c.wolke @ 17458 |
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Nakazawa, H. |
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Treatment of acid mine drainage containing iron ions and arsenic for utilization of the sludge |
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2006 |
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Sohn International Symposium Advanced Processing of Metals and Materials, Vol 9 |
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mine water treatment arsenic biotechnology filtration iron membranes microorganisms mining industry oxidation sludge treatment acid mine drainage arsenic ion sludge treatment Horobetsu mine Hokkaido Japan ferrous iron membrane filter pore size arsenite solutions microbial oxidation As Fe Manufacturing and Production |
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An acid mine drainage in abandoned Horobetsu mine in Hokkaido, Japan, contains arsenic and iron ions; total arsenic ca.10ppm, As(III) ca. 8.5ppm, total iron 379ppm, ferrous iron 266ppm, pH1.8. Arsenic occurs mostly as arsenite (As (III)) or arsenate (As (V)) in natural water. As(III) is more difficult to be remove than As(V), and it is necessary to oxidize As(III) to As(V) for effective removal. 5mL of the mine drainage or its filtrate through the membrane filter (pore size 0.45 mu m) were added to arsenite solutions (pH1.8) with the concentration of 5ppm. After the incubation of 30 days, As(III) was oxidized completely with the addition of the mine drainage while the oxidation did not occur with the addition of filtrate, indicating the microbial oxidation of As(III). In this paper, we have investigated the microbial oxidation of As(III) in acid water below pH2.0. |
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Aug 27-31; Treatment of acid mine drainage containing iron ions and arsenic for utilization of the sludge; Isip:000241817200032; Conference Paper Times Cited: 0; ISI Web of Science |
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CBU @ c.wolke @ 17456 |
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mine water flooded shaft underground mining mine water pollution |
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Acid mine drainage, the drainage of metals, and the prediction of mine water rebound after mine closure are major problems for the mining industry. In the literature, the difficulties in evaluating the hydrodynamics of flooded mines are well described, although only a few tracer tests in flooded mines have been published. Increased knowledge about the hydraulic behaviour of the mine water within a flooded mine might significantly reduce the costs of mine closure and remediation. Relatively cheap and reliable results for decision making can be obtained when tracer tests are properly conducted in a flooded mine prior to planning of remediation strategies or numerical simulations. Applying the results of successful tracer tests allows one to optimise remediation designs and thereby diminish the costs of remediation. The paper summarises the results of several tracer tests and draws general conclusions from such tests. |
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Proceedings, International Conference of Acid Rock Drainage (ICARD) |
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Acid Mine Drainage Tracer Tests; 2; AMD ISI | Wolkersdorfer; 5 Abb. |
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Wilmoth, R.C.; Mason, D.G.; Gupta, M. |
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Treatment of ferrous iron acid mine drainage by reverse osmosis |
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1972 |
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acid mine drainage; coal; controls; environmental geology; Environmental Protection Agency; experimental studies; ferrous iron; iron; metals; methods; mining; Mocanaqua; organic residues; Pennsylvania; pollution; reverse osmosis; sedimentary rocks; treatment; United States 22, Environmental geology |
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Treatment of ferrous iron acid mine drainage by reverse osmosis; 1976-011825; illus. incl. tables United States (USA); GeoRef; English |
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Whitlock, J.L. |
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Biological Detoxification of Precious Metal Processing Wastewaters |
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1990 |
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Geomicrobiol. J. |
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241-249 |
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biofilm cyanide detoxification mining operation precious metals pseudomonas rotating biological contactors waste-water |
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A biological treatment plant is utilized at the Homestake Mine in Lead, SD, to effect detoxification of a daily discharge of 4 million gallons of wastewater. The wastewater matrix requiring treatment contains cyanide, ammonia, toxic heavy metals, anda variable component of toxic chemicals associated with extractive metallurgy and mining operations. Rotating biological contactors (RBCs) are used to attach the biofilm. Cyanides and heavy metals concentrations are reduced by 95-98%. The treated discharge makes up as much as 60% of the total flow in a cold-water trout fishery. This receiving stream, which remained lifeless for over 100 years as a mine drainage, has now become an established trout fishery and recently yielded a state record trout. |
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Biological Detoxification of Precious Metal Processing Wastewaters; Isi:A1990gr30500007; AMD ISI | Wolkersdorfer |
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CBU @ c.wolke @ 17482 |
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