The contribution of science to risk-based decision-making: Lessons from the development of full-scale treatment measures for acidic mine waters at Wheal Jane, UK

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 338, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 137-154

  Younger, Paul L ^a   Coulton, Richard H ^b   Froggatt, Eric C ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Unipure Europe Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidity; Decision making; Mining; Risk; Science; Socio economic; Water; Wheal Jane

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OXIDATION; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACIDIC MINE WATER; CATCHMENT MODELING; ESTUARINE ECOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; GROUND WATER; IRON; NICKEL; WATER; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DECISION MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WATER TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOODING; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SEAWEED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ALGAE;

EID: 12944326289     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.014     Document Type: Article

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