Conference Agenda

Steel Slag-Limestone Reactor with Resistance to Fe: Laboratory and Pilot Scale Evaluations of Mn Treatment Efficiency

Duk-Min Kim^1,2, Youn-Soo Oh^2,3, Hyun-Sung Park², Dae-Gyu Im¹, Woong-Lim Lim¹, Hye-Rim Kwon¹, Joon-Hak Lee^2,4

1: Sangji University, Republic of Korea; 2: Korea Mine Reclamation Corporation (MIRECO), Republic of Korea; 3: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Republic of Korea; 4: Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea

Offscreen-Break Due to No-show or Last Minute Cancellation

IMWA 2021 Organizers

International Mine Water Association

Magnetic Coagulation Technology For Coal Gasification Wastewater Treatment

Jianlei Gao¹, Yan Liu¹, Yixin Yan¹, Wenhao Wang²

1: School of Ecology and Environment, Zhengzhou University 450001, Henan, China; 2: Zhengzhou University Design and Research Institute Co.Ltd., China

Final Treatment Trials On Cwm Rheidol - Ystumtuen Mines Discharges, Wales, Using Sono-electrochemistry (Electrolysis With Assisted Power Ultrasound)

Peter Clive Stanley¹, Chris Bullen²

1: Natural Resources Wales, United Kingdom; 2: Power & Water

Scale-up of Electrochemical Units for Mining Waters Treatment

Maria Mamelkina, Ritva Tuunila, Antti Häkkinen

LUT University, Finland

Process For The Subsoil Treatment Of Acidified Groundwater Through Microbial Sulfate Reduction

Ralph Schöpke¹, Manja Walko², Konrad Thürmer³

1: Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany; 2: Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH; 3: Institut für Wasserwirtschaft, Siedlungswasserbau und Ökologie (IWSÖ GmbH)

Solvent Extraction To Recover Copper From Extreme Acid Mine Drainage

Amir Nobahar^1,2, Alemu Melka^1,2, Jorge Carlier¹, Maria Clara Costa^1,2

1: Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of the Algarve, Gambelas Campus, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; 2: Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Algarve, Gambelas Campus, 8005 139 Faro, Portugal

Enhancing Biological Nitrogen Removal from Mine Site Water in Cold Climate

Piia Juholin¹, Kirsi-Marja Haanpää¹, Elena Torresi², Fernando Morgan-Sagastume²

1: AFRY Finland Oy; 2: AnoxKaldnes - Veolia Water Technologies AB

Innovative Adaptation of Mining Hydrogeology Practices during a Pandemic

Sofia Nazaruk, Grace Yungwirth, Jessica Nicholls, Gareth Digges La Touche

Golder Associates (UK) Limited

Employment Of A Double Continuum Model To Characterize Groundwater Flow In Underground Post-Mining Setups: Case Study Of The Ibbenbüren Westfield

Diego Bedoya-Gonzalez^1,2, Timo Kessler², Maria-Theresia Schafmeister²

1: Department of Geography and Geology, University of Salzburg, Austria; 2: Institute for Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, Germany

A UK progress overview of Metal Mine Remedial Work

Peter Clive Stanley¹, Potter Hugh²

1: Natural Resources Wales, United Kingdom; 2: Environment Agency, United Kingdom

A GIS-Based Prioritisation Of Coastal Legacy Mine Spoil Deposits In England And Wales For Effective Future Management

Alex L. Riley¹, Patrizia Onnis², Elin Jennings², Richard A. Crane², Karen A. Hudson-Edwards², Sean D.W. Comber³, Ian T. Burke⁴, Patrick Byrne⁵, Catherine J. Gandy⁶, Adam P. Jarvis⁶, William M. Mayes¹

1: Department of Geography, Geology and Environment, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK; 2: Environment & Sustainability Institute and Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn, TR10 9DF, UK; 3: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK; 4: School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; 5: School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK; 6: School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

Emerging Opportunities for Improving Legacy Metal Mine Water Pollution Driven by Changing Regulatory Environments and Outputs of Novel Fieldwork in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.

Alan Yendell¹, Patrick Byrne²

1: Scottish Environment Protection Agency, United Kingdom; 2: Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

Challenges of Watershed Mine Drainage Characterisation and Remediation at Scale: Force Crag Base Metal Mine, Cumbria, UK

Catherine J Gandy¹, Adam P Jarvis¹, Nick Cox², Stephen Lofts³, John Malley⁴, Arabella M L Moorhouse-Parry², Katherine S Neate¹, Barbara Palumbo-Roe⁵, Hugh A B Potter⁶

1: Newcastle University, United Kingdom; 2: The Coal Authority, United Kingdom; 3: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, United Kingdom; 4: National Trust, United Kingdom; 5: British Geological Survey, United Kingdom; 6: Environment Agency, United Kingdom

Numerical Modelling of Mine Pollution to Inform Remediation Decision-making in Watersheds

Patrick Byrne¹, Patrizia Onnis^1,2, Robert L Runkel³, Ilaria Frau¹, Sarah F L Lynch⁴, Aaron M L Brown⁵, Iain Robertson⁵, Paul Edwards⁶

1: Liverpool John Moore's University, United Kingdom; 2: University of Exeter, United Kingdom; 3: U.S. Geological Survey, USA; 4: AECOM Ltd. United Kingdom; 5: Swansea University, United Kingdom; 6: Natural Resources Wales

🎓 Source Apportionment of Trace Metals at the Abandoned Nantymwyn Lead-Zinc Mine, Wales

Aaron Martin Lawrence Brown¹, Iain Robertson¹, Rory P.D. Walsh¹, Patrick Byrne², Paul Edwards³, Tom Williams³

1: Swansea University, United Kingdom; 2: School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK; 3: Natural Resources Wales, Faraday Building, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK

Refurbishment Of Water Treatment Plant Borna-West – From Lab Over Pilot Scale To Operation Plant Modification

Tim Aubel¹, Falk Thürigen¹, Roland Mayer¹, Andre Hertzsch²

1: G.E.O.S. Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Germany; 2: Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany

In-situ Hydrogen Peroxide Dosing Trials To Design Semi-Passive Treatment Schemes

Michael Alan Cox, Christopher Satterley, Waqas Ahmed, Benjamin Cordier

The Coal Authority, United Kingdom

Osmodialysis - the Future of Oil Production Water Treatment

Matthias Fuhrland, Thomas Griessler

fluvicon GmbH, Austria

Prevention of Siltation in Artisanal Small-scale Mining

Esther Takaluoma¹, Tatiana Samarina¹, Antti Peronius²

1: Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Finland; 2: Hangasojan Kulta Oy, Consulting company, Finland

Mintek’s Integrated cloSURE(TM) Technology for Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage

Kerri du Preez

Mintek, South Africa

🎓 Performances of a semi-passive field-pilot for bioremediation of As-rich Acid Mine Drainage at the Carnoulès mine (France)

Camila Diaz-Vanegas^1,2, Corinne Casiot¹, Liming Lin³, Laurent De Windt⁴, Adam Djibrine^2,3, Amandine Malcles³, Marina Héry¹, Angelique Desoeuvre¹, Odile Bruneel¹, Fabienne Battaglia-Brunet², Jerome Jacob²

1: HydroSciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France; 2: French Geological Survey (BRGM), Water, Environment, Process and Analyses Division, Orléans, France; 3: France LGEI (Laboratoire de Génie de l’Environnement Industriel), Institut Mines-Télécom Alès, Alès, France; 4: MINES ParisTech, PSL University, Centre de Géosciences, Fontainebleau, France

Performance Of The Hybrid Linear Flow Channel Reactor: Effect Of Reactors In Series For Enhanced Biological Sulphate Reduction And Sulphur Recovery

Tynan Steven Marais¹, Rob John Huddy¹, Rob Paul van Hille², Susan Therese Largier Harrison¹

1: University of Cape Town, South Africa; 2: Moss Group

Saline Pit Lakes – What Biodiversity Values Can They Offer At Closure And Beyond?

Mark Lund, Melanie Blanchette

Mine Water and Environment Research Centre, Edith Cowan University, Australia

Recharge-driven Underground Dewatering And Post-closure Groundwater Recovery

Simon Sholl¹, Stephen Wheston², Geoff Beale¹

1: Piteau Associates, Canon Court West, Abbey Lawn, Shrewsbury SY5 8AN, United Kingdom; 2: Tembusu Ltd, 1 Killastafford Cross, Cashel, Co Tipperary, Ireland

Finite-element Modelling Approach To Study Flow Processes During Groundwater Rebound In Abandoned Underground Hard Coal Mines

Timo Kessler, Maria-Theresia Schafmeister

University of Greifswald, Germany

History of Passive Treatment Technology Development in the United States

Jeff Skousen

West Virginia University, United States of America

Full-scale Reducing And Alkalinity Producing System (RAPS) For The Passive Remediation Of Polluted Mine Water From A Flooded Abandoned Underground Coal Mine, Carolina, South Africa

Gloria Dube¹, Tebogo Mello¹, Viswanath Vadapalli¹, Henk Coetzee¹, Kefyalew Tegegn¹, Rudzani Lusunzi¹, Shadung Moja¹, Mafeto Malatji¹, Munyadziwa Ethel Sinthumule², Rudzani Ramatsekisa²

1: Council for Geoscience, South Africa; 2: Department of Mineral Resources and Energy

A Strategy to Stimulate and Manage Indigenous Bacterial Communities to Effectively Remediate Mine Drainages

Gerhard Potgieter¹, Errol Cason², Mary Deflaun³, Estariëthe van Heerden¹

1: iWater (pty) (ltd); 2: University of the Free state; 3: Geosyntec Consultants

🎓 On-site XRF Analysis of Metal Concentrations of Natural Waters

Tommi Tiihonen¹, Tuomo Nissinen², Joakim Riikonen¹, Pertti Sarala³, Vesa-Pekka Lehto¹, Bruno Lemière⁴

1: Dept. of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70210 Kuopio, Finland; 2: 3AWater Oy, FI-70210, Kuopio, Finland; 3: Geological Survey of Finland, FI-96101 Rovaniemi, Finland; 4: BRGM, France

Gravel Bed Reactors: Semi-Passive Water Treatment Of Metals and Inorganics

Silvia Mancini¹, Rachel James¹, Evan Cox¹, James Rayner²

1: Geosyntec Consultants Inc, Canada; 2: Geosyntec Consultants Ltd, United Kingdom

Groundwater Source Determination of an Underground Diamond Mine Utilizing Water Chemistry and Stable Isotope Analysis

Paul Lourens¹, Adriaan Pretorius¹, Danie Vermeulen²

1: Institute for Groundwater Studies, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State; 2: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State

Integration of Regional and Site Scale Models for an Open-Pit Mine

John Rupp¹, Geoff Beale¹, Kevin Howerton², Phillip Maxwell Allen¹

1: Piteau Associates; 2: Round Mountain Gold Corporation

Looking Deeper: Key Considerations for Planning Mining Hydrogeology Investigations using Deep Boreholes

Ed Austin¹, Grace Yungwirth¹, Michal Dobr², Sofia Nazaruk¹

1: Golder Associates (UK) Ltd; 2: Golder Associates Ltd

Application of Anthropogenic Organic Contaminants and Environmental Isotopes as tracers to determine water ingress in the Witwatersrand Goldfields

Lufuno Ligavha-Mbelengwa¹, Godfrey Madzivire^1,2, Pamela Nolakana¹, Tebogo Mello¹, Henk Coetzee¹

1: Council for Geoscience, South Africa; 2: University of South Africa, South Africa

Using Coal Combustion Residues for Abandoned Coal Mine Reclamation

Chin-Min Cheng¹, Tarunjit Butalia¹, Robert Baker¹, Justin Jent², William Wolfe¹

1: The Ohio State University, United States of America; 2: American Electric Power

Forecasting Evolution of Sulfide Mineral Oxidation Rates Over Decadal Time Scales

John Bradley Swenson^1,2, Tamara Diedrich¹

1: MineraLogic LLC, United States of America; 2: Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences, Univ. Minnesota Duluth, USA

Planning And Implementation Of Environment-friendly Phasing Out Of German Hard Coal Mining Under Consideration Of Water-hazardous Organic Substances

Christoph Alexander Schabronath¹, Christoph Klinger², Joachim Loechte¹

1: RAG, Germany; 2: DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

The Influence Of Mine Water Rebound On Methane Degassing In Abandoned Coal Mines

Stefan Moellerherm, Christian Melchers

Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola, Germany