Treatment of acidic metal-rich drainage from reclaimed ironstone mine spoil

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 141-148

  Heal, K V ^a   Salt, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Constructed wetland; Mine waste; Reclamation; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; DRAINAGE; IRON MINES; MINING; REVEGETATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEMS (CWS); MINE SPOILS;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; IRON; LIMESTONE; MANGANESE; METAL; SURFACE WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; IRONSTONE; REMEDIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; FOREST; SLUDGE; SOIL TREATMENT; SOLUBILITY; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0032788106     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00329-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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