Acid Rock Drainage Prevention & Control, Handout F (Mehling Environmental Management Inc., April 2002)
This is a technical short course handout on acid rock drainage (ARD) prevention and control presented by Mehling Environmental Management Inc. to DIAND on April 24, 2002. The document outlines ARD causes, prediction methods, and various preventive and remedial mitigation strategies including waste rock blending, layering, alkaline addition, underwater disposal, and chemical treatment, with case studies and laboratory evaluation approaches.
- Date
- 2002-04-24
- Document type
- presentation
- Parties
- Mehling Environmental Management Inc., DIAND
- Locations
- Samatosum, Kutcho Creek, B.C., Stratmat, New Brunswick, Eskay Creek, B.C., Cinola, B.C., Windy Craggy, B.C.
- Parameters
- acid rock drainage, waste rock characterization, PAG (potentially acid generating) waste, NPAG (non-potentially acid generating) waste, pH, water quality, sulphide oxidation, alkalinity, metal leaching, NP/AP ratio, drainage prediction, mitigation measures, blending, layering, cover systems, chemical treatment, wetland treatment
- Pages
- 19
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