West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium &
15th International Mine Water Association Congress
April 21–26, 2024 | Morgantown, WV, USA
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Tuesday, 23/Apr/2024 | ||||
| 7:30am - 8:30am |
Breakfast Location: MEC B |
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| 8:30am - 9:45am |
Active Treatment Location: Salons A–C Chair: Jonathan Dietz 1. First speaker: 8:30-8:55
2. Second speaker: 8:55-9:20 3. Third speaker: 9:20-9:45 Case Study – The Gladden acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment facility and Fishing Run stream sealing project Tetra Tech, United States of America Using iron oxidation and decarbonation to enhance inorganic carbon removal in coal mine drainage OSMRE, United States of America Restoring the north branch Blacklick Creek with a centralized mine drainage treatment facility Tetra Tech, United States of America |
Mine Water Treatment and Management Location: Salon D Chair: Robert Lawrence Kleinmann 1. First speaker: 8:30-8:55
2. Second speaker: 8:55-9:20 3. Third speaker: 9:20-9:45 Teaching hydrogeology in a mined site: a case study on West Run, Morgantown, WV West Virginia University, United States of America The Banning/West Newton Coal Logistics coal refuse pile reclamation project, Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Tetra Tech, Inc., United States of America Ongoing case study, Berry Branch selenium pilot treatment system using sulfur modified iron, former Hobet Surface Mine, Lincoln County, WV ERP Environmental Fund Receivership Estate |
Circular Economy Location: Salon E Chair: Teresa Maria Valente 1. First speaker: 8:30-8:55
2. Second speaker: 8:55-9:20 3. Third speaker: 9:20-9:45 Recovery of copper as “clean” nanoparticles of CuS from acid rock drainage and mine process water 1: Universidad San Sebastián, Chile; 2: Universidad de Concepción, Chile Hydrochar for metal removal from acid mine drainage Ohio University, United States of America 🎓 Double burden of mine water resources and the prospect of corporate sustainability as adaptation strategy: perspectives from Ghana, West Africa University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Germany |
Tailings and Tailings Management Location: Salons F–H Chair: Gwendelyn Geidel 1. First speaker: 8:30-8:55
2. Second speaker: 8:55-9:20 3. Third speaker: 9:20-9:45 Hydrogeological inputs to stability analysis of tailings storage facilities 1: Jones & Wagener, South Africa; 2: Jones & Wagener, South Africa Saturated-unsaturated seepage characteristics and stability analysis of tailings dam under different rainfall pattern Hezhou University, China, People's Republic of Hyperspectral UAS-sensing for tailing ponds monitoring: Towards responsible resource repurposing 1: Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN), Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola (THGA); 2: Faculty of Geoscience, Geoengineering and Mining, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF) |
| 9:45am - 10:15am |
Coffee break Location: Platinum and MEC Lobbies where exhibitors are set up |
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| 10:15am - 11:55am |
Active Treatment Location: Salons A–C Chair: Brent Means 1. First speaker: 10:15-10:40
2. Second speaker: 10:40-11:05 3. Third speaker: 11:05-11:30 4. Fourth speaker: 11:30-11:55 Pilot plant testing to determine the process effects of treating net alkaline mine water using the high density sludge process. 1: The Coal Authority, United Kingdom; 2: Materials Recovery Systems Limited, United Kingdom Using state point analysis and settling flux theory to design and operate mine water treatment clarifiers WesTech Engineering, United States of America Mine Water Pinch - increasing reuse/recycle efficiency while optimising water treatment on a mine sites 1: WSP, South Africa; 2: WSP, UK; 3: iX engineers, South Africa 🎓 Potential of continuous electrocoagulation for the treatment of coal mine water containing colloidal clays 1: Environmental Engineering Master Program, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology; 2: Water and Wastewater Research Group, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology; 3: Environmental Department, PT. Kaltim Prima Coal, Indonesia |
Mine Water Treatment and Management continued Location: Salon D Chair: John Brady Gutta 1. First speaker: 10:15-10:40
2. Second speaker: 10:40-11:05 3. Third speaker: 11:05-11:30 4. Fourth speaker: 11:30-11:55 Datashed: an online tool for managing AMD treatment systems and restoration of impacted watersheds 1: Stream Restoration Incorporated, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, United States of America; 2: BioMost, Inc, Mars, Pennsylvania, United States of America Passive Treatment using Drainable Limestone Beds: Lessons from 13 Years of Design and Maintenance Hedin Environmental Expanding possibilities for the co-treatment of mine drainage with municipal wastewater 1: University of South Carolina, United States of America; 2: U.S. Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement; 3: Narraganset Bay Commission; 4: University of Rhode Island; 5: Saint Francis University Acid mine drainage active treatment solutions options and evaluation Envirogen Technologies, Inc, United States of America |
Circular Economy Location: Salon E Chair: Rosemary C. Capo 1. First speaker: 10:15-10:40
2. Second speaker: 10:40-11:05 3. Third speaker: 11:05-11:30 4. Fourth speaker: 11:30-11:55 Sorption of metals from low-iron acid mine drainage using agricultural waste materials Ohio University, United States of America Implementing water conservation and water demand management in South Africa’s mining industry 1: WSP UK; 2: WSP South Africa; 3: Minerals Council South Africa |
Tailings and Tailings Management Location: Salons F–H Chair: Kym Lesley Morton 1. First speaker: 10:15-10:40
2. Second speaker: 10:40-11:05 3. Third speaker: 11:05-11:30 4. Fourth speaker: 11:30-11:55 Forecasting opportunities for co-management of Cu-Ni tailings with byproducts of iron ore mining MineraLogic, United States of America Reclamation of two kyanite mine tailings ponds with different surface topographies University of SC, United States of America Assessment of AMD Potential and Prediction of a long-term Sulfate Plume of a Tailing Storage Facility Decades after its Decommissioning 1: RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Hydrogeology, Germany; 2: AAV – Association for Land Recycling and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Germany; 3: Bezirksregierung Arnsberg Dezernat 63 - Abschlussbetriebsplanverfahren, Germany; 4: IHS – Ingenieurbüro Heitfeld-Schetelig GmbH, Germany |
| 11:55am - 1:00pm |
Lunch Break Location: MEC B |
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| 1:00pm - 2:40pm |
Active Treatment Location: Salons A–C Chair: Michael Alan Cox 1. First speaker: 1:00-1:25
2. Second speaker: 1:25-1:50 3. Third speaker: 1:50-2:15 4. Fourth speaker: 2:15-2:40 Active treatment of high strength acid mine drainage at a clay mine and coal refuse sites Iron Oxide Technologies, United States of America Underestimation of alkaline dosage and precipitate amount during water treatment: Role of inorganic carbon and use of PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat 1: Sangji University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2: Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation (KOMIR), Korea, Republic of (South Korea) Treatment of coal mine leachate for neutralization and metal removal University of South Africa, South Africa Development of a single stage High Density Sludge (HDS) process for the reopening of South Crofty Tin Mine, Cornwall, UK 1: Materials Recovery Systems, United Kingdom; 2: Cornish Metals, United Kingdom |
Passive Treatment of Mine Water Location: Salon D Chair: William Strosnider 1. First speaker: 1:00-1:25
2. Second speaker: 1:25-1:50 3. Third speaker: 1:50-2:15 4. Fourth speaker: 2:15-2:40 Successful acid mine drainage abatement – a case study Skelly and Loy, a Terracon Company, United States of America Carbonation of mine water to increase calcite dissolution Hedin Environmental, United States of America Passive treatment of Mn: results from an experimental pilot system Hedin Environmental, United States of America Comparison of Midwestern U.S. conventional and hybrid vertical flow ponds to previous performance data US Dept. Interior, United States of America |
Tailings and Tailings Management Location: Salons F–H Chair: Lisa Bithell Kirk 1. First speaker: 1:00-1:25
2. Second speaker: 1:25-1:50 3. Third speaker: 1:50-2:15 4. Fourth speaker: 2:15-2:40 Tailings dam breach assessment – a review 1: Barr Engineering Co.; 2: University of Ottawa Geochemical controls on mobilization of metals from tailings and implications for cover amendments 1: Colorado School of Mines; 2: Itasca Denver Inc. The potential of reprocessing Au and by-products from a tailing dam in the Iron Quadrangle – The case of the Cuiaba Dam, Sabará, Minas Gerais 1: University of Minho, Institute of Earth Sciences, Portugal; 2: University of Évora, Institute of Earth Sciences; 3: Anglogold Ashanti, Mining & Technical, COO International Short water recirculation during the flotation of a UG2 Cu-Ni-PGM ore: Implications on tailings dewatering and quality of the recovered water University of Cape Town, South Africa |
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| 2:40pm - 3:10pm |
Coffee break Location: Platinum and MEC Lobbies where exhibitors are set up |
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| 3:10pm - 5:00pm |
Active Treatment Location: Salons A–C Chair: Dorothy J Vesper 1. First speaker: 3:10-3:35
2. Second speaker: 3:35-4:00 3. Third speaker: 4:00-4:25 4. Fourth speaker: 4:25-4:50 Removal of selenium by biological reduction and surface complexation: removal efficiencies and speciation results Veolia Water Technologies Canada, Canada Electrolytic manganese removal from acid rock drainage 1: Itasca Denver Inc.; 2: Colorado School of Mines Economical and Environmentally Friendly Adsorption of Arsenic from Mine Drainage: Comparison between CMDS-Bead and GFH Sangji university, Korea, Republic of (South Korea) Innovative data collection and management strategies for improved water treatment efficiency 1: Life Cycle Geo, United States of America; 2: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission |
Passive Treatment of Mine Water Location: Salon D Chair: Robert S Hedin 1. First speaker: 3:10-3:35
2. Second speaker: 3:35-4:00 3. Third speaker: 4:00-4:25 4. Fourth speaker: 4:25-4:50 Feasibility of the scale-up of a semi-passive biological Sulfate Reduction Process Treating High Sulfate Mine-Influenced Water Mintek, South Africa A toolbox for characterizing organic media in passive biotreatment cells 1: Alloy, Inc.; 2: Remediation Management Services Company; 3: EnSci, Inc.; 4: Astalagus Environmental Lambert Run: a passive treatment approach to watershed remediation 1: WV Water Research Institute, United States of America; 2: WVU Institute for Sustainability and Energy Research, United States of America Development of an un-powered remote monitoring system of mine waste water National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan |
Water Management / Mine Hydrology Location: Salon E Chair: Christian Wolkersdorfer 1. First speaker: 3:10-3:35
2. Second speaker: 3:35-4:00 3. Third speaker: 4:00-4:25 4. Fourth speaker: 4:25-4:50 Applicability of machine learning in agile decision making in open pit dewatering: A case study at Antamina mine (Peru) 1: Amphos 21 Consulting Peru, Peru; 2: Antamina Mine Cooperative mine land reclamation operations & comprehensive managed watershed planning 1: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, United States of America; 2: Earth Wise Consulting, LLC; 3: Minetech Engineers, Inc. Flow and load accretion study improved understanding of hyporheic exchange plus contaminant plume sources and transport at an operating mine BGC Engineering Inc., Canada Metal loads accounting at a legacy mine site: The Tar Creek Superfund Site, Oklahoma, USA Center for Restoration of Ecosystems and Watersheds, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, United States of America |
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| 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
Poster & Networking Session Location: Salon Lobby between registration and Platinum Lobby Chair: Robert Lawrence Kleinmann Chair: Jeff Skousen Monday creek restoration, snow fork dosers Tetra Tech Inc., United States of America 🎓 Application of statistical models to estimate total dissolved solids in acid mine drainage 1: ICT – Institute of Earth Sciences, pole of University of Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; 2: GEOBIOTEC, Geosciences department, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal Characterizing cobalt sequestration in manganese-rich coal mine drainage treatment solids 1: University of Pittsburgh, United States of America; 2: National Energy Technology Laboratory, United States of America Column experiments on the settling characteristics of suspended solids in mine water treatment facilities 1: Hanyang University, Republic of Korea; 2: Sangji University, Republic of Korea; 3: Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation, Republic of Korea Post-mining water-sediment interaction on U-mine area – a contribution to water management 1: ICT – Institute of Earth Sciences, pole of University of Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; 2: Higher Institute of Water Sciences and Techniques, University of Gabes, University Campus, 6033 Gabes Applied -Hydrosciences Laboratory; 3: University of Coimbra, Portugal Effect of different sources and local conditions in the post-mining contamination by acid mine drainage: three case studies in Iberian Peninsula (SW Europe) 1: ICT - Institute of Earth Sciences, pole of University of Minho, Portugal; 2: ICT - Institute of Earth Sciences, pole of University of Évora, Portugal Conservation and promotion of the Coal Mining Heritage as Europe’s Cultural legacy: Ruhr Area Examples Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN), Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola (THGA), Herner Straße 45, 44787 Bochum, Germany Analysis of a base-load-capable heat supply of quarters considering aquifers in disused mines as heat storages for locally specific renewable (waste) heat potentials 1: DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH, Germany; 2: TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany Determination of cyanide and potentially toxic elements in gold tailings at Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa 1: Council for Mineral Technology (MINTEK) Private Bag X3015, Randburg 2125, Johannesburg, South Africa.; 2: Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability, College of Science Engineering and Technology, Science Campus, University of South Africa, Roodepoort, 1710 Johannesburg, South Africa; 3: Maelgwyn South Africa, Building A - Stand 221A, Paddock Lane, Boundary Park, North Riding, Randburg 2188, Johannesburg, South Africa Considering residual flocculants and coagulants in recycled mine water on the surface chemistry of talc: Implications on flotation performance University of Cape Town, South Africa In-situ testing and data applications for upstream-constructed coal refuse impoundments GAI Consultants, Inc., United States of America 🎓 A review of the reducing and alkalinity-producing passive treatment system for remediating acid mine drainage 1: Council for geoscience; 2: University of Johannesburg Assessing the cost and applicability of passive treatment and risk-based point-of-use management for 26 legacy mine drainages 1: National Institute of Advanced Industrial and Science Technology; 2: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation; 3: Division of Sustainable Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University Abandoned Mine Pools: a Threat to the Environment or a Water Resource for Beneficial Uses Hana Engineers and Consultants, LLC., United States of America Sulfide-rich waste classification using a fast and cost-effective reactivity index University of Minho, Institute of Earth Sciences, pole of the University of Minho, Portugal |
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