Runoff-water quality and hydrology at coal-refuse disposal sites in southern Illinois
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6416497
Data on water quality and other hydrologic parameters were gathered from runoff at three abandoned, unreclaimed, coal-refuse disposal sites in southern Illinois. Two of the sites were subsequently recontoured, limed, covered with 30 cm of glacial till and loess, fertilized, and seeded. Data collected one to four years after reconstruction of these sites indicated that (1) runoff rates were increased because the soil cover was less permeable than the coal refuse and (2) acidity, sulfate, and metal concentrations in surface runoff waters were greatly reduced following renovation. However, gradual increases in acidity, sulfate, and metal concentrations in runoff water at one of these sites were seen two years after reconstruction, and these concentrations may continue to rise in the future. This indicates that the pyrite and iron sulfate salts in the coal refuse will make reclamation a gradual and long-term process, rather than one that can be carried out quickly by grading, liming, and covering with soil. 2 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6416497
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-821175-2; ON: DE83009687
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ABANDONED SITES
ALUMINIUM
DATA
DISSOLUTION
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FEDERAL REGION V
HYDROLOGY
ILLINOIS
INFORMATION
IRON
LAND RECLAMATION
LEACHING
MANAGEMENT
MANGANESE
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
MINERAL WASTES
MINING
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
REVEGETATION
RUNOFF
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLID WASTES
SPOIL BANKS
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
UNDERGROUND MINING
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER QUALITY