Comparing chitin and organic substrates on the national tunnel waters in Blackhawk, Colorado for manganese removal

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1264-1278

  Venot, C ^a   Figueroa, L ^a   Brennan, R A ^b   Wildeman, T R ^a   Reisman, D ^c   Sieczkowski, M ^d  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d JRW Bioremediation   (United States)

Author keywords

Limestone dissolution; Sulfate reducing bioreactors; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT WATERS; CORN STOVER; CRAB SHELLS; HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT; LIMESTONE DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; PASSIVE TREATMENT; PH VALUE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SULFATE REDUCING; SULFATE REDUCTION; SUPERFUND SITES; WOODCHIPS;

ALKALINITY; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHITIN; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; ETHANOL; LAND RECLAMATION; LIMESTONE; MANGANESE; PH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHELLFISH; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84865444505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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