PASSIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT

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PASSIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT An example from the
Northeast BOWDEN CLOSE by Romy Matthies

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PASSIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT An example from the
Northeast BOWDEN CLOSE

Introduction into Acid Mine Drainage Ways of
Treatment Passive Treatment Reducing and
Alkalinity Producing Systems Bowden
Close Treatment Performance Outlook
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PASSIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT An example from the
Northeast BOWDEN CLOSE
AMD Treatment of AMD
Bowden Close An Outlook
EL TENTIENTE, CENTRAL CHILE
pH 3 EC 4 mS/cm T 35 ?C Cu 960 mg/L Fe 63
mg/L Mn 5.7 mg/L Al 51 mg/L SO4 2990 mg/L
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PASSIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT An example from the
Northeast BOWDEN CLOSE
AMD Treatment of AMD
Bowden Close An Outlook
RIVER GAUNLESS, NORTHEASTERN ENGLAND
pH 6.6 EC 0.84 mS/cm T 10?C Fe 7 mg/L Mn 1.7
mg/L SO4 240 mg/L
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PASSIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT An example from the
Northeast BOWDEN CLOSE
AMD Treatment of AMD
Bowden Close An Outlook
The Whats, Wheres and Whys of Bowden Close
Treatment Site

• Located 12 km southwest of Durham, UK
• two parallel working RAPS followed by an aerobic
  reed wetland
• Treats net acidic mine water from a spoil heap
  and a mine drift, both remembrances of the former
  coal mining of the Durham coalfield
• Discharges into Willington Burn, a tributary of
  the River Wear

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PASSIVE MINE WATER TREATMENT An example from the
Northeast BOWDEN CLOSE
AMD Treatment of AMD
Bowden Close An Outlook
BOWDEN CLOSE
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