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Processes, procedures and methods to control pollution from mining activities / prepared by Skelly and Loy and Penn Environmental Consultants, Inc. ; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Skelly and Loy, author.
- Penn Environmental Consultants, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water--Pollution--United States--Measurement.
- Water.
- Runoff.
- Mining engineering.
- Water Pollution.
- Water--Pollution.
- Medical Subjects:
- Water Pollution.
- Genre:
- technical reports.
- Technical reports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 390 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, October 1973.
- Summary:
- Report on processes and methods of controlling pollution (pollution control) resulting from mining activities - includes information in respect of water pollution, erosion control, regrading, revegetation, water treatment, etc., and a glossary. Bibliography pp. 367 to 390, graphs, illustrations and statistical tables.
- Contents:
- MINING AND WATER POLLUTION: MINE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL: THE MANUAL OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL METHODS SURFACE MINING: POLLUTION CONTROL PLANNING FOR FUTURE SURFACE MINING: Method discussion
- CONTROLLED MINING PROCEDURES: Method discussion
- Overburden segregation
- Mineral barriers or low wall barriers
- Longwall strip mining
- Modified block cut or pit storage
- Head of hollow fill
- Box cut mining
- Area mining
- Auger mining
- Controlled mineral extraction
- WATER INFILTRATION CONTROL: Method discussion
- Reducing surface water infiltration
- Reducing ground or mine water influx
- Water diversion
- Underdrains
- HANDLING POLLUTION FORMING MATERIALS: Method discussion
- Use as construction material
- Secondary extraction
- Relocation
- Flooding
- Underground mine backfilling
- WASTE WATER CONTROL: Method discussion
- Reuse of discharge
- Evaporation ponds
- Spray irrigation
- Subsurface waste injection
- Regulated discharge
- Rerouting
- Mineral recovery
- REGRADING: Method discussion
- Contour
- Terrace
- Swale
- Area
- Open pit
- Hydraulic
- Dredging
- Auger
- Highwall reduction
- Slope reduction
- Alkaline regrading
- Slurry trenching
- EROSION CONTROL: Method discusssion
- Diversion
- Runoff control
- Channel protection
- Settling
- REVEGETATION: Method discussion
- Topsoil replacement
- Surface preparation
- Soil Supplements
- Species selection
- Planting techniques
- Arid areas
- Alpine areas
- THE MANUAL OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL METHODS UNDERGROUND MINING: CONTROLLED MINING PROCEDURES: Method discussion
- Preplanned flooding
- Roof Fracture Control
- Controlled atmosphere mining
- Daylighting
- Increasing surface runoff
- Regrading surface mines
- Sealing boreholes and fracture zones
- Interception of acquifers
- Drainage tunnels
- MINE SEALING: Method discussion
- Double bulkhead seals
- Gunite seals
- Single bulkhead seals
- Grout curtains
- Clay seals
- Permeable aggregate seals
- Grout bag seals
- Regulated flow seals
- Subsidence sealing
- Dry seals
- Roof collapse
- Air seals
- Gel material seals
- Coal mine shaft seals
- THE MANUAL OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL METHODS TREATMENT: NEUTRAL IZATION PROCESSES: Method discussion
- NEUTRALIZATION WITH LIMESTONE: Method discussion
- Treatment with pulverized limestone
- Treatment with crushed limestone rock
- NEUTRALIZATION WITH LIME: Method discussion
- Conventional lime neutralization process
- High density sludge process
- Combination limestone lime treatment process
- Stream neutralization
- SLUDGE DISPOSAL: Method discussion
- Large settling impoundments
- Air drying
- Deep mine disposal
- Porous drying beds
- Vacuum filtration
- Land disposal
- EVAPORATION PROCESSES: Method discussion
- REVERSE OSMOSIS: Method discussion
- Reverse osmosis process
- Neutrolosis process
- ELECTRODIALYSIS: Method discussion
- ION EXCHANGE PROCESSES: Method discussion
- Sul bisul process
- Desal and modified desal processes
- Two resin system
- FREEZING CRYSTALLIZATION: Method discussion
- IRON OXIDATION: Method discussion
- Aeration methods
- Electrochemical oxidation
- Ozone oxidation.
- Notes:
- "EPA-430/9-73-011."
- "October 1973."
- In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-390).
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Skelly and Loy. Processes, procedures and methods to control pollution from mining activities.
- OCLC:
- 1083782424
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