Impacts of mine drainage pollution on location decisions of manufacturing industry in Appalachia. Appendix D to acid mine drainage in Appalachia, a report by the Appalachian Regional Commission. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1969

OSTI ID:7140762

The ARC, as part of the study of acid pollution resulting from mining activities, was responsible for developing information on circumstances in which water-use criteria of site-seeking industry become significant factors in locational search. Research objectives included the effect of mine drainage pollution in past decisions of industrial firms, and to assess the effects on future locational decisions of existant pollution and assumed reductions of drainage. Twenty case histories are presented. They are specialized in that they concern only projects in which surface water quality and quantity considerations were significant and in which one alternative location was a mine drainage polluted area. Conversely, their broad importance lies in the fact that the relationship of water to location factors has been placed in a proper perspective. The cases are also meaningful as a planning guide to manufacturing activities in Appalachian areas.

• Research Organization: Fantus Co., Inc., New York (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7140762
• Report Number(s): PB-243100
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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