From highly polluted Zn-rich acid mine drainage to non-metallic waters: Implementation of a multi-step alkaline passive treatment system to remediate metal pollution

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 323-330

  Macías, Francisco ^a   Caraballo, Manuel A ^a,b   Rötting, Tobias S ^c   Pérez López, Rafael ^a,d   Nieto, José Miguel ^a   Ayora, Carlos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Brucite; Caustic magnesia; Hydrozincite; Metal pollution remediation

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIC WATER; BRUCITE; DIVALENT METALS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDROZINCITE; MAGNESIA POWDERS; METAL POLLUTION; METAL REMOVAL; MULTI-STEP; NON-METALLIC; PASSIVE TREATMENT; REACTIVE SUBSTRATES; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; REMEDIATION SYSTEMS; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; WOOD SHAVINGS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; MAGNESIA; MANGANESE; METALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REMEDIATION; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CAUSTIC AGENT; COBALT; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANGANESE; NICKEL; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINE WATER; CADMIUM; COBALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; LIMESTONE; MANGANESE; NICKEL; REMEDIATION; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; MINERALOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 84864045433     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.084     Document Type: Article

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