TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of Soil and Water Contamination at the Tab-Simco Coal Mine
T2 - A Case Study
AU - RoyChowdhury, Abhishek
AU - Sarkar, Dibyendu
AU - Deng, Yang
AU - Datta, Rupali
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - In 1996, the Tab-Simco site, an abandoned coal mine 10 km southeast of Carbondale, Illinois, was listed as one of the most highly contaminated AMD sites in the mid-continent region. A suite of impacted soil and water samples were collected from various locations to characterize the current extent of AMD pollution, following standard U.S. EPA protocols. The mean pH of soil and water samples were found to be 2.69 and 2.07, respectively. The mean sulfur content of the soil samples was 0.5 %. The AMD-impacted soils contained high concentrations of Fe, Zn, Ni, Cr, Cu, Pb, and As. The AMD also contained high concentrations of Fe, As, Zn, Pb, Cr, Al, Cd, Cu, and Ni, as well as SO42-, all of which were significantly above their U.S. EPA permissible limits for surface water.
AB - In 1996, the Tab-Simco site, an abandoned coal mine 10 km southeast of Carbondale, Illinois, was listed as one of the most highly contaminated AMD sites in the mid-continent region. A suite of impacted soil and water samples were collected from various locations to characterize the current extent of AMD pollution, following standard U.S. EPA protocols. The mean pH of soil and water samples were found to be 2.69 and 2.07, respectively. The mean sulfur content of the soil samples was 0.5 %. The AMD-impacted soils contained high concentrations of Fe, Zn, Ni, Cr, Cu, Pb, and As. The AMD also contained high concentrations of Fe, As, Zn, Pb, Cr, Al, Cd, Cu, and Ni, as well as SO42-, all of which were significantly above their U.S. EPA permissible limits for surface water.
KW - Acid base accounting
KW - RCRA 8 metals
KW - Reclamation
KW - Sulfate reducing bioreactor
KW - Surface mining
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U2 - 10.1007/s10230-016-0401-9
DO - 10.1007/s10230-016-0401-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84966349343
SN - 1025-9112
VL - 36
SP - 248
EP - 254
JO - Mine Water and the Environment
JF - Mine Water and the Environment
IS - 2
ER -