Disasters and Minewater

Harvey Wood

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Disasters and Minewater

Harvey Wood

(2012)

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ISBN: 978-1-78040-081-5
Edition: 1
Language: English
Pages: 145
Subjects: The environment
Environmental science, engineering & technology
Water supply & treatment

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Disasters and Minewater: Good Practice and Prevention draws together all of the major minewater catastrophes that have occurred over the last half century. It examines incidents to find useful and positive information of great value that could prevent future disasters. Practical experience provides many lessons in respect of the causes of minewater incidents where lack of adhesion to good practice is principally to blame.
Disasters and Minewater: Good Practice and Prevention is of particular interest to students of mining, civil engineering and environmental engineering. It is an invaluable resource for mining engineers, geotechnical engineers, environmental engineers and disaster relief professionals and consultants. Disasters and Minewater is a valuable complement to Minewater Treatment: Technology, Application and Policy by M Brown, B Barley, and H Wood, ISBN: 9781843390046.
Author: Harvey Wood, Clean Rivers Trust, UK

Section Title	Page	Action	Price
Cover page	1
Half title page	2
Integrated Environmental Technology Series	3
Series Editor	3
Published Titles	3
Title page	4
Copyright page	5
Contents	6
Preface	12
Acknowledgements	14
Introduction	16
Chapter 1	18
Disasters and Minewater	18
1.1 DEFINITIONS	18
1.2 OCCURRENCE	18
1.3 LOCATIONS	19
1.4 CALAMITIES	19
1.5 THE MAIN ISSUES	20
1.6 SUBSIDIARY ISSUES	21
1.7 THE LAWAND REGULATION	22
Chapter 2	24
Minewater and Rebound	24
2.1 MINEWATER CHARACTERISATION	24
2.2 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MINEWATER	25
2.2.1 Acidity	25
2.2.2 Ferric Precipitates	26
2.2.3 Other Metal Loadings	26
2.2.4 pH and Acidity	26
2.2.5 Microbial Influence	27
2.3 MINEWATER REBOUNDS	28
2.3.1 Rebound to Surface	28
2.3.2 Groundwater Rebound	29
Chapter 3	30
Europe	30
3.1 UK	30
3.1.1 Aberfan 1966	30
3.1.2 Wheal Jane 1991	31
3.1.3 Tilmanstone Aquifer Pollution 1907 to the Present	32
3.2 ITALY	33
3.2.1 Stava Tailings Dams Failure, Trento 1985	33
3.3 SPAIN	33
3.3.1 Los Frailes Tailings Dam Failure 1998	34
3.3.2 Alcaniz Blowback	35
3.3.3 Huelva Phosphate Tailings 1998	35
3.4 HUNGARY	36
3.4.1 Kolontar Caustic Tailings Failure 2010	36
3.5 ROMANIA	36
3.5.1 Borsa Tailings Rain Event 2000	36
3.5.2 Baia Mare Gold Tailings 2000	36
3.6 BULGARIA	37
3.6.1 Maritsa Istok Cinder Slide	37
3.6.2 Madjarevo Tailings Dam	37
3.6.3 Sgurigrad 1966	37
3.6.4 Mir Mine, Rainfall Management 1966	38
3.7 YUGOSLAVIA	38
3.7.1 Zlevoto 1976	38
3.8 SWEDEN	38
3.8.1 Aitik Mine Tailings Management 2000	38
3.9 FRANCE	39
3.9.1 Malvesi Elevated Nitrates 2004	39
3.9.2 Carnoules Metal Soil	39
Chapter 4	40
North America	40
4.1 UNITED STATES	40
4.1.1 Kingston Fossil Plant Fly Ash Failure 2000	40
4.1.2 Riverview Impoundment Demolition 2004	41
4.1.3 Inez Mine Workings Collapse 2000	42
4.1.4 Abandoned Leadville Mines	42
4.2 CANADA	42
4.2.1 Pinchi Lake 2004	42
4.2.2 Sullivan Mine 1991	43
4.2.3 Matachewan Consolidated 1990	43
4.3 MEXICO	43
Chapter 5	46
Africa	46
5.1 NCHANGA, ZAMBIA 2006	46
5.2 HARMONY MINE, SOUTH AFRICA 1994	47
5.3 ARCTURUS, ZIMBABWE 1978	47
5.4 BAFOKENG, SOUTH AFRICA 1974	47
5.5 MUFULIRA, ZAMBIA 1970	47
Chapter 6	48
China	48
6.1 HUAYUAN	48
6.2 TAOSHI 2008	48
6.3 ZHEN’AN GOLD MINE 2006	48
6.4 NANDAN 2000	49
6.5 JINDUICHENG 1988	49
6.6 HUANGMEISHAN 1986	49
Chapter 7	50
Asia	50
7.1 INDIA	50
7.1.1 Goa 2011	50
7.1.2 Tanzanite One Mines 1998 and 2008	50
7.2 PAKISTAN	51
7.2.1 Kasur Groundwater Contamination 2000	51
7.3 THAILAND	51
7.3.1 Ron Phibun Groundwater 1990s to 2003	51
Chapter 8	52
Pacific	52
8.1 JAPAN	52
8.1.1 Mochikoshi No. 1 1978	52
8.1.2 Hokkaido 1968	52
8.2 PHILIPPINES	52
8.2.1 San Marcelino 2002	52
8.2.2 Surigao del Norte 1999	53
8.2.3 Marcopper 1996	53
8.2.4 Padcal 1992	53
8.2.5 Sipalay 1982	53
8.3 AUSTRALIA	54
8.3.1 Olympic Dam, Roxby Downs 1994	54
8.3.2 Ranger Uranium 2004	54
8.4 NEW ZEALAND	54
8.4.1 Golden Cross 1995	54
8.5 JAVA	55
8.5.1 Sidoarjo Mud Flow 2006	55
8.6 NEW GUINEA 1990s	55
8.6.1 Ok Tedi, Papua	55
Chapter 9	58
Russia	58
9.1 KARAMKEN 2009	58
9.2 PARTIZANSK 2004	58
Chapter 10	60
South America	60
10.1 BRAZIL	60
10.1.1 Mineracao Mine 2007	61
10.2 CHILE	61
10.2.1 Cerro Negro 2003	61
10.2.2 Sebastiao das Aguas Claras 2001	61
10.2.3 El Cobre New and Old Dams 1965	61
10.3 BOLIVIA	61
10.3.1 El Porco 1996	61
10.4 PERU	62
10.4.1 Huancavelica Tailing Dam 2010	62
10.4.2 Amatista 1996	62
10.4.3 Marsa 1993	62
10.5 GUYANA	62
10.5.1 Omai 1995	62
Chapter 11	64
Law and Regulation	64
11.1 UK	65
11.1.1 Working Mines	65
11.1.2 Abandoned Mines	66
11.1.3 Tailings Dams and Impoundments	68
11.2 EUROPE	69
11.2.1 Sweden, a Case in Point	69
11.3 US AND CANADA	70
11.3.1 US	70
11.3.1.1 Washington State Guidance	71
11.3.2 Canada	72
11.4 RUSSIA	73
11.5 CHINA	74
11.6 PACIFIC NATIONS	75
11.6.1 Australia	75
11.6.2 New Zealand	76
11.7 SOUTH AMERICA	76
11.8 AFRICA	77
11.8.1 North	77
11.8.2 Sub-Saharan	78
11.8.3 South	78
11.9 ASIA	79
11.9.1 The Middle East	79
11.9.2 The Sub Continent	79
11.9.3 The East	80
11.9.4 The Central Region	81
11.10 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS	82
11.11 LEGISLATION AND MINERAL INDUSTRY, FUTURE CONTROLS	84
Chapter 12	88
Tailings Dams	88
12.1 A TEMPORARY NUISANCE	88
12.2 THE NATURE OF TAILINGS	89
12.3 THE NATURE OF DAMS	89
12.3.1 Design Decisions	92
12.3.2 Upstream and Down	94
12.3.3 Downstream	95
12.3.4 Centreline Dams	95
12.3.5 Other Dam Issues	95
Chapter 13	96
Floods and Inundation	96
13.1 LAKE PEIGNEUR, US	96
13.2 WORKINGTON, UK	97
Chapter 14	98
Changes	98
Chapter 15	100
Potential Future Catastrophe	100
15.1 SOUTH AFRICA	100
15.2 UNITED STATES	100
15.3 EUROPE	101
15.4 RUSSIA AND THE ARCTIC	101
15.5 NEW DEMOCRACIES, AFRICA	101
15.6 GLOBALLY	101
Chapter 16	102
Minewater Treatment	102
16.1 ACTIVE TREATMENTS	104
16.1.1 pH Modifications	104
16.1.1.1 Aeration	106
16.1.1.2 Artificial Removal	106
16.1.1.3 Waste and Bio-reactors	107
16.2 PASSIVE TREATMENTS	109
16.2.1 Background	110
16.2.2 Wetlands	112
16.2.2.1 Subsurface Flow	112
16.2.2.2 Surface Flow	113
16.2.2.3 Vertical Flow	114
16.2.2.4 Plant Establishment and Nutrients	114
16.2.2.5 Additions: Anoxic and Otherwise	115
16.2.2.6 Other Benefits and Drawbacks	115
16.3 COMPOSITE SYSTEMS	117
16.4 FOO-FOO DUST	117
16.5 ASPECTS OF TREATMENT CRITERIA	118
16.6 DRIVERS OF WETLAND DEVELOPMENT	118
Chapter 17	122
Global Investment and Minewater	122
Chapter 18	126
Water Resource	126
Chapter 19	128
In Conclusion	128
References	132
Bibliography	134
Web-Sites	139
INDEX	140

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