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Assessment of Ground and Surface Water Effects Around Coal and Mineral Storage Areas.

PB83168575

Publication Date	1982
Personal Author	Koch, D. H.; Stetson, J. R.; Genes, B. R.
Page Count	311
Abstract	The project investigated the impacts of coal and mineral storage piles on both ground and surface water quality. Ten coal and mineral stockpile sites (5 coal and 5 mineral--phosphate, lead, copper, iron, and uranium) across the country were visited to determine the actual impact of coal and mineral stockpiles on water quality. A series of leaching experiments was conducted in which drainage from the 10 coals and minerals was controlled and monitored to survey the extent to which storage piles release toxic ions to ground and surface waters. Pollution abatement techniques were reviewed in three generic treatment examples applied to lead-zinc ore, eastern coal, and uranium ore stockpile leachate.
Keywords	Coal Mineral deposits Water pollution Storage Sites Environmental impacts Toxicity Ground water Surface waters Lead(Metal) Zinc Monitoring Uranium Sulfide minerals Leaching Design Leachate
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	68D - Water Pollution & Control 48A - Mineral Industries 48G - Hydrology & Limnology
Corporate Authors	Hittman Associates, Inc., Columbia, MD.; Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Sep 79-Feb 82.
NTIS Issue Number	198313
Contract Number	J0199076

Assessment of Ground and Surface Water Effects Around Coal and Mineral Storage Areas.

Assessment of Ground and Surface Water Effects Around Coal and Mineral Storage Areas.
PB83168575

Publication Date	1982
Personal Author	Koch, D. H.; Stetson, J. R.; Genes, B. R.
Page Count	311
Abstract	The project investigated the impacts of coal and mineral storage piles on both ground and surface water quality. Ten coal and mineral stockpile sites (5 coal and 5 mineral--phosphate, lead, copper, iron, and uranium) across the country were visited to determine the actual impact of coal and mineral stockpiles on water quality. A series of leaching experiments was conducted in which drainage from the 10 coals and minerals was controlled and monitored to survey the extent to which storage piles release toxic ions to ground and surface waters. Pollution abatement techniques were reviewed in three generic treatment examples applied to lead-zinc ore, eastern coal, and uranium ore stockpile leachate.
Keywords	Coal Mineral deposits Water pollution Storage Sites Environmental impacts Toxicity Ground water Surface waters Lead(Metal) Zinc Monitoring Uranium Sulfide minerals Leaching Design Leachate
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	68D - Water Pollution & Control 48A - Mineral Industries 48G - Hydrology & Limnology
Corporate Authors	Hittman Associates, Inc., Columbia, MD.; Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Sep 79-Feb 82.
NTIS Issue Number	198313
Contract Number	J0199076