Acid Mine Drainage Mining Environment

Acid Mine Drainage Mining Environment

Acid Mine Drainage

Topics include the generation, prevention, treatment and impacts of acidic waters generated by mining or related activities.

Top: Science: Environment: Mining: Acid Mine Drainage

- Information about research and outline of different treatment technologies and their effectiveness. From West Virginia University.
- Brief discussion and annotated collection of hyperlinks to websites and articles about this acidophilic bacterium and its role in the generation of acid mine drainage.
- Canada's acidic drainage research and technology transfer program.
- U.S. government-directed citizen/industry/government program working to eliminate acid mine drainage from abandoned coal mines.
- Industry based initiative that aims to globally coordinate research and development into the management of sulphide mine wastes. Site has information on acid mine drainage research projects and links to related sites.
- Describes a wetland pilot project by the Heizer-Manila Watershed Association in West Virginia. They used a natural wetland to help ameliorate acid mine drainage.
- US government resource on AMD abatement. Includes articles, photos, links, and AMDTreat, a freeware application for estimating costs to treat acid mine drainage.

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