Sulfate and metal removal in bioreactors treating acid mine drainage dominated with iron and aluminum

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 961-970

  McCauley, Craig A ^a   O'Sullivan, Aisling D ^a   Milke, Mark W ^a   Weber, Paul A ^b   Trumm, Dave A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Solid Energy New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

^c CRL Energy Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Mine water treatment; Mussel shell; Sulfate reducing bioreactor; Vertical flow wetlands

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM; BIOCONVERSION; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; IRON; LIME; MOLLUSCS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER TREATMENT;

ACID MINE-DRAINAGE; ANAEROBIC BIOREACTORS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; METAL REMOVAL; MINE WATER TREATMENTS; MUSSEL SHELLS; SULFATE REDUCING; SULFATE REMOVAL; SULPHATE-REDUCING BIOREACTOR; VERTICAL-FLOW WETLAND;

BIOREACTORS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALUMINUM; BIOREACTOR; BIVALVE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SHELL; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 60549093830     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.11.029     Document Type: Article

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