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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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Stewart, D.; Norman, T.; Cordery-Cotter, S.; Kleiner, R.; Sweeney, E.; Nelson, J.D. |
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Utilization of a ceramic membrane for acid mine drainage treatment |
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1997 |
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Tailings and Mine Waste '97 |
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acid mine drainage; Black Hawk Colorado; Central City Colorado; ceramic materials; Colorado; cost; disposal barriers; geochemistry; Gilpin County Colorado; heavy metals; mines; organic compounds; pollution; remediation; surface water; tailings; United States; utilization; volatile organic compounds; volatiles; waste disposal mine water treatment |
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BASX Systems LLC has developed a treatment system based on ceramic membranes for the removal of heavy metals from an acid mine drainage stream. This stream also contained volatile organic compounds that were required to be removed prior to discharge to a Colorado mountain stream. The removal of heavy metals was greater than 99% in most cases. A decrease of 30% in chemicals required for treatment and a reduction by more than 75% in labor over a competing technology were achieved. These decreases were obtained for operating temperatures of less than 5 degrees C. This system of ceramic microfiltration is capable of treating many different types of acid mine waste streams for heavy metals removal. |
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Jan 13-17; Utilization of a ceramic membrane for acid mine drainage treatment; Isip:A1997bg96u00050; Times Cited: 0; ISI Web of Science |
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Ziemkiewicz, P.; Skousen, J.; Simmons, J. |
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Cost benefit analysis of passive treatment systems |
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acid mine drainage; acidification; Augusta coal field; Big Bear Lake; carbonate rocks; coal mines; cost; dams; drainage basins; economics; ferric iron; Indiana; iron; limestone; metals; mines; optimization; oxidation; Pike County Indiana; pollution; Preston County West Virginia; pyrite; sedimentary rocks; South Fork Patoka River; spoils; sulfate ion; sulfides; surface water; United States; water pollution; water quality; water resources; water treatment; West Virginia 22, Environmental geology |
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West Virginia Surface Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium |
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Proceedings, 22nd West Virginia surface mine drainage task force symposium |
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2002-047125; Twenty-second West Virginia surface mine drainage task force symposium, Morgantown, WV, United States, April 3-4, 2001 References: 7; illus. incl. 9 tables; GeoRef; English |
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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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Scharp, R.A.; Kawahara, F.; Burckle, J.; Allan, J.; Govind, R. |
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Recovery of metals from acid mine drainage Hardrock mining 2002; issues shaping the industry |
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acid mine drainage; bacteria; Berkeley Pit; Butte Montana; cost; decontamination; metals; mining; Montana; pH; pollution; recovery; remediation; Silver Bow County Montana; smelting; sulfates; United States 22, Environmental geology |
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Recovery of metals from acid mine drainage Hardrock mining 2002; issues shaping the industry; GeoRef; English; 2007-046147; Hardrock mining 2002; issues shaping the industry, Westminster, CO, United States, May 7-9, 2002 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, United States |
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