Water-quality impacts and overburden chemistry of Indiana study site. Environmental control technology survey of selected US strip-mining sites

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5953801

Henricks, J D; Bogner, J E; Vocke, R W; Sobek, A A

As part of a program to examine the ability of existing control technologies to meet federal guidelines for the quality of aqueous effluents from coal mines, an intensive study of water quality was conducted at a surface coal mine in Indiana during 1976 and 1977. Sampling was conducted every two weeks during the period May 1976-August 1977 at discharges draining both active mining and spoil areas, as well as receiving streams. Values of pH, dissolved iron, and manganese were within applicable OSM limits in mine discharge, but the total suspended solids limit was occasionally exceeded. The overburden at this site consists of calcareous till over shales with highly variable sulfur content.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5953801
• Report Number(s): ANL/EES-TM-222; ON: DE83014460
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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