Treatment of acid mine drainage by four vertical flow wetlands in Pennsylvania

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-80

  Demchak, J ^a   Morrow, T ^b   Skousen, J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxic limestone drains; Passive systems; Successive alkalinity producing systems (SAPS); Water treatment; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; COAL INDUSTRY; COMPOSTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRAINAGE; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LIME; LIMESTONE; PH; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANOXIC LIMESTONE DRAINS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SUCCESSIVE ALKALINITY PRODUCING SYSTEMS (SAPS); TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; VERTICAL FLOW WETLANDS;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0039740103     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/geochem.1.1.71     Document Type: Article

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