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Performance of a Natural Wetland Treating Acid Mine Drainage in Arid Conditions

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A wetland naturally formed in the discharge from a copper mine tailing impoundment in Rajasthan, India. The wetland is abundantly vegetated. This study investigated changes that occurred in the seepage as it travelled 180 and 380 m (P1 and P2) through the wetland. The pH increased from 6.17 to 7.10 at P1 and 7.34 at P2 in the pre-monsoon season, 6.53 to 7.36 at P1 and 7.77 at P2 in the post-monsoon season, and from 6.20 to 6.63 at P1 and 6.89 at P2 in the winter. Contaminant removal at P2 ranged from 40 to 95%.

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  1. Dept of Mining Eng, JNV Univ, Jodhpur, India-342011

    A. S. Sheoran

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Sheoran, A.S. Performance of a Natural Wetland Treating Acid Mine Drainage in Arid Conditions. Mine Water Environ 24, 150–154 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10230-005-0086-y

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