The impact of scrubber sludge on ground water quality at an abandoned mine site

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Paul, Bradley C ^a   Singh, Gurdeep ^a,b   Esling, Steven ^a   Chaturvedula, S ^a   Paudel, H ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Clean air act amendments; Coal combustion residues; Ground water quality; Mine reclamation; Monitor wells; Open column leaching; Scrubber sludge

Indexed keywords

FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION (FGD); SCRUBBER SLUDGE;

BORON; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DESULFURIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES; LEACHING; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; MOLYBDENUM; WATER QUALITY;

COAL RECLAMATION;

ALUMINUM; BORON; COAL; COBALT; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SULFATE; THALLIUM; ZINC;

GROUNDWATER; MINE; RECLAMATION;

ARTICLE; DESULFURIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLUE GAS; FLY ASH; LEACHING; MINING; MONITOR; PH; PRECIPITATION; RECYCLING; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032031021     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005751605393     Document Type: Article

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