Two-year sulfate reducing bioreactor pilot test results at the Golinsky Mine, California

25th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation and 10th Meeting of IALR 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 425-442

  Gusek, James ^a   Rutkowski, Thomas ^a   Blumenstein, Eric ^a   Shipley, Brad ^b  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Heavy metals; Mining influenced water; Passive treatment; Sulfate reducing bioreactor

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT; AQUATIC TOXICITY; CALIFORNIA; DILUTION EFFECT; METAL LOADINGS; OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES; PASSIVE TREATMENT; PILOT SCALE; PILOT SYSTEM; PILOT TESTS; PILOT-SCALE TESTING; REMOTE SITES; SULFATE REDUCING; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION; TEST SYSTEMS; US FOREST SERVICE;

ABANDONED MINES; ALKALINITY; BIOREACTORS; COPPER; COPPER MINES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; LAND RECLAMATION; LOADING; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); TESTING; TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84865402799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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