Changes in concentration-discharge regression parameters due to coal mining and reclamation activities;Changements dans les paramètres de régression entre concentration et débit, causés par l'exploitation minière de charbon et des activités de reconversion

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-173

  Bonta, James V ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practice; Duration curves; Mine spoil; Overburden; Strip mining; Surface mining; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHEMICALS; COAL RECLAMATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROLOGY; MINING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS;

CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; COAL MINING; STREAM CHANNELS; STREAM WATERS;

COAL MINES;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COAL MINING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MINE WASTE; RECLAIMED LAND; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 13244284901     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.50.1.155.56335     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Amerman, C. R., Bonta, J. V., Harlukowicz, T. J., Hall, G. F., Smeck, N. E., Dick, W. A., Haghiri, F., Helgesen, J. O., Razem, A.C. & Hamon, W. R. (1982) Impact of surface mining and reclamation upon hydrology and water quality of two small watersheds in Ohio. In: Proc. Symp. on Surface Mining Hydrology, Sedimentology, and Reclamation (Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, 5-10 December), 45-56.
2. Bonta, J. V. (2000) Impact of coal surface mining and reclamation on suspended sediment in three Ohio watersheds. J. Am. Water Resour. Assoc. 36(4), 869-887.
3. Bonta, J. V. (2004) Concentration-discharge regression parameters in watersheds of varying lithology subjected to surface coal mining and reclamation. J. Soil Water Conserv. 59(2), 86-101.
4. Bonta, J. V. & Cleland, B. (2003) Incorporating natural variability, uncertainty, and risk into water-quality evaluations using duration curves. J. Am. Water Resour. Assoc. 39(6), 1481-1496.
5. Bonta, J. V. & Dick, W. A. (2003) Impact of coal surface mining and reclamation on surface-water-chemical concentrations and load rates in three Ohio watersheds. J. Am. Water Resour. Assoc. 39(4), 793-815.
6. Bonta, J. V. & Hamon, W. R. (1980) Preliminary evaluation of a sediment pond draining a surface mined watershed. In: Proc. Symp. on Surface Mining Hydrology, Sedimentology, and Reclamation (Lexington Kentucky, 1-5 December), 371-381. OES Publications, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.
7. Bonta, J. V. & Sutton, P. (1983) Erosion and reclamation plots: research on the hydrology and water quality of watersheds subjected to surface mining. US Bureau of Mines Contract Report.
8. Bonta, J. V., Amerman, C. R., Dick, W. A., Haghiri, F. A., Hall, G. F., Hamon, W. A., Harlukowicz, T. J., Razem, A. C. & Smeck, N. E. (1992a) Impact of coal surface mining on hydrology and water quality of three Ohio watersheds - physical conditions and ground-water hydrology. Water Resour. Bull. 28(3), 577-596.
9. Bonta, J. V., Amerman, C. R., Dick, W. A., Harlukowicz, T. J. & Razem, A. C. (1992b) Impact of surface coal mining on three Ohio watersheds - ground-water chemistry. Water Resour. Bull. 28(3), 597-614.
10. Bonta, J. V., Amerman, C. R., Harlukowicz, T. J. & Dick, W. A. (1997) Impact of coal surface mining on three Ohio watersheds - surface-water hydrology. J. Am. Water Resour. Assoc. 33(4), 907-917.
11. Brakensiek, D. L., Osborn, H. B. & Rawls, W. J. (1979) Field Manual for Research in Agricultural Hydrology. Agriculture Handbook no. 224. US Govt Printing Office, Washington, DC.
12. Collier, C. R., Whetstone, G. W. & Musser, J. J. (1964) Influences of strip mining on the hydrologic environment of parts of Beaver Creek basin, Kentucky, 1955-59. US Dept of the Interior, Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 427-B, US Govt Printing Office, Washington, DC.
13. Collier, C. R., Pickering, R. J. & Musser, J. J. (1970) Influences of strip mining on the hydrologic environment of parts of Beaver Creek basin, Kentucky, 1955-66. US Dept. of the Interior, Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 427-C, US Govt Printing Office, Washington, DC.
14. Curtis, W. R. (1971) Strip-mining, erosion and sedimentation. Trans. Am. Soc. Agric. Engrs 14(3), 434-436.
15. Curtis, W. R. (1974) Sediment yield from strip-mined watersheds in Eastern Kentucky. Paper presented at Second Research and Applied Technology Symp. on Mined-Land Reclamation, Coal and the Environment (Technical Conference) (22-24 October, Louisville, Kentucky), 88-100. University of Kentucky, USA.
16. Dick, W. A., Bonta, J. V. & Hagriri, F. (1986) Chemical quality of suspended sediment from watersheds subjected to surface coal mining. J. Environ. Quality 15(3), 289-293.
17. Dick, W. A., Bonta, J. V., Haghiri, F. & Page, J. R. (1983) Stream water quality of two small watersheds as affected by surface coal mining, J. Environ. Quality 12(3), 351-358.
18. Dyer, K. L. & Curtis, W. R. (1977) Effect of strip mining on water quality in small streams in Eastern Kentucky, 1967- 1975. NE Forest Exp. Stn, Upper Darby, PA. US Dept Agric. Forest Service Research Paper NE-372.
19. Grubb, H. F. & Ryder, P. D. (1972) Effects of coal mining on the water resources of the Tradewater River basin, Kentucky. US Dept of the Interior, Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 1940, US Govt Printing Office, Washington, DC.
20. Johnson, C. W., Copp, A. D. & Tinney, E. R. (1966) Drop-box weir for sediment-laden flow measurements. J. Hydraul. Div. ASCE 95 HY5), 165-190.
21. Lewis, W. M. & Grant, M. C. (1979) Relations between stream discharge and yield of dissolved substances from a Colorado mountain watershed. Soil Sci 128, 353-363.
22. Musser, J. J. (1963) Description of physical environment and of strip-mining operations in parts of Beaver Creek basin, Kentucky. US Dept of the Interior, Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 427-A, US Govt Printing Office, Washington, DC.
23. Upham, G. A. (1975) A study of trace metals found in sediment in a stream before and during strip mining of coal in the Cumberland Plateau of Eastern Tennessee. MS Thesis, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
24. USBM (US Bureau of Mines) (1978) Research on the hydrology and water quality of watersheds subjected to surface mining. Phase 1: Premining hydrologic and water quality conditions. US Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 88-80.
25. USBM (U.S Bureau of Mines) (1983a) Research on the hydrology and water quality of watersheds subjected to surface mining. Phase 3: Hydrologic and water quality conditions after reclamation in a small, mined watershed, Muskingum County, Ohio. US Bureau of Mines Open-File Report.
26. USBM (U.S Bureau of Mines) (1983b) Research on the hydrology and water quality of watersheds subjected to surface mining. Phase 3: Hydrologic and water quality conditions after reclamation in a small, mined watershed, Coshocton County, Ohio. US Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 39-84, NTIS #PB 84-165893.
27. USBM (US Bureau of Mines) (1983c) Research on the hydrology and water quality of watersheds subjected to surface mining: hydrologic and water quality conditions prior to and during mining and reclamation in a small watershed, Jefferson County, Ohio. US Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 209-84, NTIS #PB 85-149276.