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1.-

Can coal mining or even other types of surface mining operations cause arsenic contamination of surface waters?
2.-

How do you prevent and control acid mine drainage?
3.-

If I know of an abandoned mine lands (AML) site, how can I find out when it will be reclaimed?

4.-

What are peroxyacids and how are they used?
5.-

What happens to the arsenic from arsenic-bearing sulfides that are common in anaerobic (oxygen free) ground waters around coal formations when this water is pumped to the surface and mixed with oxygenated surface water?
6.-

What if I don't want my property reclaimed. Do I have to give consent to have the reclamation done?

7.-

What is acid mine drainage?

8.-

Who pays for the cost of reclaiming an abandoned coal mine project?

9.-

Will I be able to farm my ground after reclamation?


 


 

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This website was developed by the ACES Water Quality Team, under the leadership of Dr. James E. Hairston. It is funded, in part, by USDA-CSREES water quality grant support under Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998.