Effective passive treatment of high-strength acid mine drainage and raw municipal wastewater in Potosí, Bolivia using simple mutual incubations and limestone

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 34-42

  Strosnider, W H ^a   Nairn, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Aqueous geochemistry; High elevation; Lanthanides; Sewage; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH ELEVATION; LANTHANIDES; SEWAGE WATER;

ACIDS; ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; EUROPIUM; LEAD; LIMESTONE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; PH EFFECTS; SEWAGE; SILVER; SUBSTRATES; TIN; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

WATER RECYCLING;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; LIMESTONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

BOLIVIA; POTOSI [BOLIVIA];

EID: 77951498206     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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