Biological amelioration of acidic seepage streams

British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium

Biological amelioration of acidic seepage streams Kalin, Margaret; Smith, M. P.

Abstract

Wetland and lake sediments provide conditions where microbial sulphate reduction and biomineralization occur. These processes can assist in the amelioration of acid mine drainage emerging from pyritic mining wastes. The biological neutralization of mine water however, requires specific conditions that allow anaerobic and aerobic decomposition of organic materials to take place, together with alkalinity generation and sulphate reduction. This paper reports on the work leading up to the construction of a test facility in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. A 4-cell test system was installed where flow can be controlled from a minimum of 1.4 - 3 L/min to a maximum of 150 - 200 L/min. The seepage characteristics in the system have been determined in order to define the physical, chemical, and biological requirements for the process.

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Title	Biological amelioration of acidic seepage streams
Creator	Kalin, Margaret; Smith, M. P.
Contributor	British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium; University of British Columbia. Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
Date Issued	1991
Description	Wetland and lake sediments provide conditions where microbial sulphate reduction and biomineralization occur. These processes can assist in the amelioration of acid mine drainage emerging from pyritic mining wastes. The biological neutralization of mine water however, requires specific conditions that allow anaerobic and aerobic decomposition of organic materials to take place, together with alkalinity generation and sulphate reduction. This paper reports on the work leading up to the construction of a test facility in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. A 4-cell test system was installed where flow can be controlled from a minimum of 1.4 - 3 L/min to a maximum of 150 - 200 L/min. The seepage characteristics in the system have been determined in order to define the physical, chemical, and biological requirements for the process.
Extent	801523 bytes
Genre	Conference Paper
Type	Text
File Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
Date Available	2009-08-26
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0042170
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12554
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Other
Copyright Holder	British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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