Mine water management in European environmental policy: An assessment of recent legislative developments

7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage 2006, ICARD - Also Serves as the 23rd Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-12

  Amezaga, Jaime M ^a   Younger, Paul L ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Environmental Technology and Geothermal Energy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European directive; Extractive industries; Waste management; Water policy

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GROUNDWATER; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LIFE CYCLE; MINE FLOODING; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BEST AVAILABLE TECHNIQUE (BAT); ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS; EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE; EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY; INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL DIRECTIVES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER POLICIES;

SOLID WASTES;

EID: 78650706859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr06020001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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