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Main Title Soda ash treatment of neutralized mine drainage /
Author Long, David A. ; Butler, James L. ; Lenkevich., Michael J.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Butler, James L.,
Lenkevich, Michael J.,
CORP Author Gwin, Dobson, and Foreman, Inc., Altoona, Pa.;Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Resources, Harrisburg.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Publisher United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory ; For sale by National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA-600/2-77-090; EPA-14010-ELB
Stock Number PB-272 760
OCLC Number 04247980
Subjects Mine drainage ; Coal mines and mining
Additional Subjects Coal mines ; Mine waters ; Water pollution control ; Neutralizing ; Calcium oxides ; Sodium carbonates ; pH ; Water softening ; Industrial waste treatment ; Iron ; Water treatment ; Filtration ; Watersheds ; Process charting ; Economic analysis ; Pennsylvania ; Mine acid drainage ; Altoona(Pennsylvania)
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=20012LVP.PDF
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EJBD  EPA 600-2-77-090 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 08/22/2011
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-77-090 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD RPS EPA 600-2-77-090 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 01/05/2015
NTIS  PB-272 760 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation viii, 65 pages : charts ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Utilization of acid mine drainage (AMD) streams as a source of potable and industrial water has become a major goal of several proposed AMD treatment schemes. From among the various schemes available, the lime neutralization/soda ash softening process was selected for use at Altoona, Pennsylvania. The treatment plant, as constructed, has the capability of treating waters from Kittanning Run (acid mine polluted) alone or in combination with waters from other city sources to achieve: (1) neutralization and iron removal to levels satisfactory for stream release, (2) softening to approximately 100 mg/l CaCO3 hardness for municipal use, and (3) softening to a hardness of 200 mg/l CaCO3 or higher to meet industrial use requirements. The objective of this study was to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of softening neutralized AMD waters by means of the cold lime/soda ash process. The study was conducted full-scale at the Altoona Treatment Plant located near the Horseshoe Curve area of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Unit processes employed at the plant consisted of lime neutralization, aeration, settling, soda ash softening, recarbonation, and filtration.
Notes
"EPA-600/2-77-090." "May 1977."