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MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF WATER FROM HARD-ROCK MINES {ENGINEERING ISSUE}
Citation:
MILLER, G. C., H. KEMPTON, L. FIGUEROA, AND J. PANTANO. MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF WATER FROM HARD-ROCK MINES {ENGINEERING ISSUE}. EPA/625/R-06/014, 2006.
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This Engineering Issue document on treatment of mining waters is a practical guide to understanding and selecting technologies for the environmental management of waste materials and effluents at hard-rock mines. For the purposes of this discussion, hard-rock mining primarily refers to open pit and underground mines that produce base metals (e.g., copper, zinc, lead) and precious metals (e.g., gold and silver). While drainage from coal mines has similar water quality issues, coal drainage has been considered extensively in other publications. It responds to the need for environmental management at new and abandoned hard-rock mines by providing guidance for selecting among available technologies for the stabilization of mine waste, treatment of mine water, and management of mine pit lakes.