Research Catalog

Title

Processes, procedures and methods to control pollution from mining activities.

Publication

Washington, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. P.O., 1973.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Skelly and Loy
• Penn Environmental Consultants
• United States. Environmental Protection Agency

Description

390 p. : illus.

Summary

Report on processes and methods of controlling pollution (pollution control) resulting from mining activities - includes information in respect of water pollution, erosion control, regrading, revegetation, water treatment, etc., and a glossary. Bibliography pp. 367 to 390, graphs, illustrations and statistical tables.

Subject

• Water Pollution
• Runoff
• Mining engineering

Genre/Form

• report.
• bibliography.
• graph.
• illustration.
• rapport.
• bibliographie.
• graphique.
• informe.
• bibliografía.
• gráfico.
• ilustración.

Note

• "EPA-430/9-73-011."
• "Prepared under contract by the firm of Skelly and Loy, Engineers-Consultants, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Penn Environmental Consultants, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 367-390.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• MINING AND WATER POLLUTION: MINE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL: THE MANUAL OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL METHODS SURFACE MINING: POLLUTION CONTROL PLANNING FOR FUTURE SURFACE MINING: Method discussion -- CONTROLLED MINING PROCEDURES: Method discussion -- Overburden segregation -- Mineral barriers or low wall barriers -- Longwall strip mining -- Modified block cut or pit storage -- Head of hollow fill -- Box cut mining -- Area mining -- Auger mining -- Controlled mineral extraction -- WATER INFILTRATION CONTROL: Method discussion -- Reducing surface water infiltration -- Reducing ground or mine water influx -- Water diversion -- Underdrains -- HANDLING POLLUTION FORMING MATERIALS: Method discussion -- Use as construction material -- Secondary extraction -- Relocation -- Flooding -- Underground mine backfilling -- WASTE WATER CONTROL: Method discussion -- Reuse of discharge -- Evaporation ponds -- Spray irrigation -- Subsurface waste injection -- Regulated discharge -- Rerouting -- Mineral recovery -- REGRADING: Method discussion -- Contour -- Terrace -- Swale -- Area -- Open pit -- Hydraulic -- Dredging -- Auger -- Highwall reduction -- Slope reduction -- Alkaline regrading -- Slurry trenching -- EROSION CONTROL: Method discusssion -- Diversion -- Runoff control -- Channel protection -- Settling -- REVEGETATION: Method discussion -- Topsoil replacement -- Surface preparation -- Soil Supplements -- Species selection -- Planting techniques -- Arid areas -- Alpine areas --
• THE MANUAL OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL METHODS UNDERGROUND MINING: CONTROLLED MINING PROCEDURES: Method discussion -- Preplanned flooding -- Roof Fracture Control -- Controlled mineral extraction -- Controlled atmosphere mining -- Daylighting -- WATER INFILTRATION CONTROL: Method discussion -- Increasing surface runoff -- Regrading surface mines -- Sealing boreholes and fracture zones -- Interception of acquifers -- WASTE WATER CONTROL: Method discussion -- Drainage tunnels -- MINE SEALING: Method discussion -- Double bulkhead seals -- Gunite seals -- Single bulkhead seals -- Grout curtains -- Clay seals -- Permeable aggregate seals -- Grout bag seals -- Regulated flow seals -- Subsidence sealing -- Dry seals -- Roof collapse -- Air seals -- Gel material seals -- Coal mine shaft seals -- THE MANUAL OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL METHODS TREATMENT: NEUTRAL IZATION PROCESSES: Method discussion -- NEUTRALIZATION WITH LIMESTONE: Method discussion -- Treatment with pulverized limestone -- Treatment with crushed limestone rock -- NEUTRALIZATION WITH LIME: Method discussion -- Conventional lime neutralization process -- High density sludge process -- Combination limestone lime treatment process -- Stream neutralization -- SLUDGE DISPOSAL: Method discussion -- Large settling impoundments -- Air drying -- Deep mine disposal -- Porous drying beds -- Vacuum filtration -- Land disposal -- EVAPORATION PROCESSES: Method discussion -- REVERSE OSMOSIS: Method discussion -- Reverse osmosis process -- Neutrolosis process -- ELECTRODIALYSIS: Method discussion -- ION EXCHANGE PROCESSES: Method discussion -- Sul bisul process -- Desal and modified desal processes -- Two resin system -- FREEZING CRYSTALLIZATION: Method discussion -- IRON OXIDATION: Method discussion -- Aeration methods -- Electrochemical oxidation -- Ozone oxidation.

OCLC

• 826770
• SCSB-10357342

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library