| Main Title |
Reclamation of Toxic Mine Waste Utilizing Sewage Sludge: Contrary Creek Demonstration Project - Addendum Report. |
| Author |
Hinkle, K. R. ;
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| CORP Author |
Virginia State Water Control Board, Bridgewater.;Municipal Environmental Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH. |
| Year Published |
1984 |
| Report Number |
EPA-S-803801; EPA-600/2-84-016; |
| Stock Number |
PB84-140144 |
| Additional Subjects |
Surface mining ;
Sludge ;
Land reclamation ;
Vegetation ;
Sites ;
Toxicity ;
Metals ;
Acidity ;
Grasses ;
Pyrite ;
Erosion control ;
Soil analysis ;
Concentration(Composition) ;
Zinc ;
Copper ;
Water quality ;
Contrary Creek ;
Virginia ;
Mine acid drainage ;
Revegetation ;
Abandoned mines
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Last
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| NTIS |
PB84-140144 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
60p |
| Abstract |
Three abandoned pyrite mines in central Virginia that have been inactive since 1923 contained about 12 denuded hectares (ha) and caused severe acid mine drainage (AMD) in a small stream known as Contrary Creek. The AMD which included heavy metals made the stream virtually void of aquatic life. Two of the mine sites comprising about 8 ha were reclaimed. Reclamation began in 1976 and included the use of sewage sludge as a soil conditioner. Severe droughts in 1976-77 and 1980-81 and the highly toxic nature of the mine waste required a continuing maintenance program to establish vegetation. By the summer of 1983 approximately 90 percent of the reclaimed areas supported a fairly well established grass cover. |
| Supplementary Notes |
See also PB82-227521. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Final rept. 1976-83. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
Jan 84 |
| Category Codes |
13B; 8I; 48E; 48A |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A04/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/14 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
409016096 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
