Coal Waste Impoundments: Risks, Responses, and Alternatives
by Committee on Earth Resources, Staff, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Staff, Impoundments, Committee on Coal Waste, Committee on Coal Waste Impoundments, Resources, Committee on Earth
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Coal Waste Impoundments: Risks, Responses, and Alternatives
by Committee on Earth Resources, Staff, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Staff, Impoundments, Committee on Coal Waste, Committee on Coal Waste Impoundments, Resources, Committee on Earth
On October 11, 2000, a breakthrough of Martin County Coal Corporation's coal waste impoundment released 250 million gallons of slurry in Inez, Kentucky. The 72-acre surface impoundment for coal-processing waste materials broke through into a nearby underground coal mine. Althoug…
On October 11, 2000, a breakthrough of Martin County Coal Corporation's coal waste impoundment released 250 million gallons of slurry near Inez, Kentucky. The 72-acre surface impoundment for coal processing waste materials broke through into a nearby underground coal mine. Altho…
"Wastewater treatment can be accomplished using ponds (aka, lagoons). Ponds are relatively easy to build, to manage, they accommodate large fluctuations in flow, and they can also provide treatment that approaches conventional systems (producing a highly purified effluent) at mu…
"Wastewater treatment can be accomplished using ponds (aka, lagoons). Ponds are relatively easy to build, to manage, they accommodate large fluctuations in flow, and they can also provide treatment that approaches conventional systems (producing a highly purified effluent) at mu…
Ponds (lagoons) have been used for centuries with great success in the treatment of wastewater. Ponds created for treatment, known as stabilization ponds, model the physical and biochemical interactions that occur in natural ponds. Easy to build and manage, stabilization ponds c…
