Assessment of research and development needs and priorities for acid mine drainage abatement

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6618610

Gleason, V E; Price, A; Boyer, Jr, J F; Ford, C T

Recommendations are made for programs to develop workable techniques to stop or to prevent acid mine drainage formation in those underground coal mines where acid production could take place. These recommendations include development of mine closure technology, development of surface water infiltration control procedures, study of the effect of roof collapse on mine water characteristics, evaluation of the long-term effects of flooding underground mines above drainage, investigation of the effectiveness of section sealing in active mines, development of a simple model for predicting mine water quality and quantity, preparation of a manual on mine drainage abatement procedures, and development of a program to disseminate information on mine drainage abatement to the coal industry. These recommendations are based on an indepth evaluation of information acquired over years of research on acid mine drainage formation, on numerous laboratory and field studies of methods of preventing or minimizing acid mine drainage formation, and on review of the geological, hydrological, and mineralogical factors involved.

• Research Organization: Bituminous Coal Research, Inc., Monroeville, PA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6618610
• Report Number(s): PB-282440; BCR-L-822
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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INFORMATION NEEDS
MANAGEMENT
MINING
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
PROCESSING
RECOMMENDATIONS
UNDERGROUND MINING
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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