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Banks, S.B.; Banks, D. |
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Abandoned mines drainage; impact assessment and mitigation of discharges from coal mines in the UK |
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2001 |
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Geoenvironmental engineering Engineering Geology |
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abandoned mines coal mines cost discharge drainage England environmental effects Europe feasibility studies Great Britain mine drainage mines mitigation pollution remediation Scotland United Kingdom Western Europe 22, Environmental geology |
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The UK has a legacy of pollution caused by discharges from abandoned coal mines, with the potential for further pollution by new discharges as groundwaters continue to rebound to their natural levels. In 1995, the Coal Authority initiated a scoping study of 30 gravity discharges from abandoned coal mines in England and Scotland. Mining information, geological information and water quality data were collated and interpreted in order to allow a preliminary assessment of the source and nature of each of the discharges. An assessment of the potential for remediation was made on the basis of the feasibility and relative costs of alternative remediation measures. Environmental impacts of the discharges and of the proposed remediation schemes were also assessed. The results, together with previous Coal Authority studies of discharges in Wales, were used by the Coal Authority, in collaboration with the former National Rivers Authority and the former Forth and Clyde River Purification Boards, to rank discharge sites in order of priority for remediation. |
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Yong, R.N.; Thomas, H.R. |
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Abandoned mines drainage; impact assessment and mitigation of discharges from coal mines in the UK; GeoRef; English; 2001-052748; British Geotechnical Society, second conference on Geoenvironmental engineering, London, United Kingdom, Sept. 1999 References: 12; illus. incl. 2 tables |
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Younger, P.L.; Cornford, C. |
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Mine water pollution from Kernow to Kwazulu-Natal; geochemical remedial options and their selection in practice |
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Africa Bolivia case studies Cornwall England cost decision-making decontamination Durham England England Europe geochemistry Great Britain Hlobane Colliery hydrology Kernow England KwaZulu-Natal South Africa metals Milluni Mine mine drainage monitoring pollutants pollution Quaking Houses England remediation South Africa South America South Crofty Mine South-West England Southern Africa United Kingdom water treatment Western Europe Wheal Jane Mine 22, Environmental geology |
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Pollution by mine drainage is a major problem in many parts of the world. The most frequent contaminants are Fe, Mn, Al and SO (sub 4) with locally important contributions by other metals/metalloids including (in order of decreasing frequency) Zn, Cu, As, Ni, Cd and Pb. Remedial options for such polluted drainage include monitored natural attenuation, physical intervention to minimise pollutant release, and active and passive water treatment technologies. Based on the assessment of the key hydrological and geochemical attributes of mine water discharges, a rational decision-making framework has now been developed for deciding which (or which combinations) of these options to implement in a specific case. Five case studies illustrate the application of this decision-making process in practice: Wheal Jane and South Crofty (Cornwall), Quaking Houses (Co Durham), Hlobane Colliery (South Africa) and Milluni Tin Mine (Bolivia). In many cases, particularly where the socio-environmental stakes are particularly high, the economic, political and ecological issues will prove even more challenging than the technical difficulties involved in implementing remedial interventions which will be robust in the long term. Hence truly “holistic” mine water remediation is a multi-dimensional business, involving teamwork by a range of geoscientific, hydroecological and socio-economic specialists. |
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Proceedings of the Ussher Society, vol.10, Part 3 |
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40th annual meeting of the Ussher Society |
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2004-019557; 40th annual meeting of the Ussher Society, Saint Austell, United Kingdom, Jan. 3-4, 2002 Scott Simpson lecture References: 39; illus. incl. 3 tables; GeoRef; English |
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Brown, M.M.; Atkinson, K.; Wilkins, C. |
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Acid mine drainage amelioration by wetlands; study of a natural ecosystem |
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1994 |
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Special Publication – United States. Bureau of Mines, Report: BUMINES-SP-06B-94 |
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acid mine drainage; Cornwall England; England; Europe; field studies; Great Britain; pollution; remediation; surface water; United Kingdom; water quality; Western Europe; wetlands 22, Environmental geology |
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Proceedings of the International land reclamation and mine drainage conference and Third international conference on The abatement of acidic drainage; Volume 2 of 4; Mine drainage |
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Acid mine drainage amelioration by wetlands; study of a natural ecosystem; GeoRef; English; 2007-045255; International land reclamation and mine drainage conference; International conference on The abatement of acidic drainage, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, April 24-29, 1994 |
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CBU @ c.wolke @ 6630 |
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Brown, M.; Barley, B.; Wood, H. |
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2002 |
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acid mine drainage acidic composition bioremediation case studies chemical composition chemical reactions coal mines concentration constructed wetlands discharge England Europe Great Britain ground water international cooperation ion exchange kinetics legislation mines mining open-pit mining physicochemical properties policy pollution regulations remediation Scotland sulfate ion surface mining surface water tailings techniques technology underground mining United Kingdom Wales waste disposal waste management waste rock water pollution water resources water treatment weathering Western Europe wetlands 22, Environmental geology |
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IWA Publishing |
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Minewater treatment; technology, application and policy |
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Minewater treatment; technology, application and policy; 2006-084782; GeoRef; English; Includes appendices References: 416; illus. |
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CBU @ c.wolke @ 16503 |
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Boonstra, J.; van Lier, R.; Janssen, G.; Dijkman, H.; Buisman, C.J.N. |
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Biological treatment of acid mine drainage |
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1999 |
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Process Metallurgy, vol.9, Part B |
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559-567 |
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acid mine drainage adsorption alkaline earth metals arsenic Bingham Canyon Mine bioremediation Budelco Zinc Refinery cadmium copper Cornwall England England Europe Great Britain heavy metals iron magnesium manganese metals Netherlands pH phase equilibria pollution remediation sulfate ion United Kingdom United States Utah Western Europe Wheal Jane Mine zinc 22, Environmental geology |
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Amils, R.; Ballester, A. |
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Biohydrometallurgy and the environment toward the mining of the 21st century; proceedings of the International biohydrometallurgy symposium IBS'99, Part B, Molecular biology, biosorption, bioremediation |
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Biological treatment of acid mine drainage; GeoRef; English; 2000-049809; International biohydrometallurgy symposium IBS'99, Madrid, Spain, June 20-23, 1999 References: 11; illus. incl. 5 tables |
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