Book Description:
Acid mine drainage refers to the outflow of acidic water from (usually abandoned) metal mines or coal mines. However, other areas where the earth has been disturbed (e.g. construction sites, subdivisions, transportation corridors, etc.) may also contribute acid rock drainage to the environment. This book discusses the effectiveness and sustainability of active and passive systems for the treatment of acid mine drainage; acid mine drainage in the Portuguese Iberian pyrite belt; the geochemistry of acid mine drainage and it's environmental pollution problem; the status of acid mine drainage and metal leaching in Ghana; the disposal and beneficial use of acid mine drainage sludge and a host of other related topics.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. Effectiveness and Sustainability of Active and Passive Systems for the Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage and the Recovery of Metals: A Review, pp. 1-69
(T.A. Hughes, N.F. Gray, Centre for the Environment, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland)

Chapter 2. Acid Mine Drainage in the Portuguese Iberian Pyrite Belt, pp. 71-118
(Maria Manuela Abreu, Maria João Batista, Maria Clara F. Magalhães, João Xavier Matos, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (TULisbon), Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal, and others)

Chapter 3. Geochemistry of Acid Mine Drainage: A Review, pp. 119-154
(A.S. Sheoran, V. Sheoran, R. P. Choudhary, Department of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, J.N.V. University Jodhpur, India, and others)

Chapter 4. Status of Acid Mine Drainage and Metal Leaching Studies in Ghana, pp. 155-188
(Thomas M. Akabzaa, Bernard Kortatsi, Department of Geology, University of Ghana, and others)

Chapter 5. Characterization, Dewatering, Disposal and Beneficial Use of Acid Mine Drainage Sludge, pp. 189-210
(Xinchao Wei, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia)

Chapter 6. Neutralisation of Acid Mine Drainage with Fly Ash in South Africa, pp. 211-226
(Vernon Somerset, Michael Klink, Leslie Petrik, Emmanuel Iwuoha, NRE, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa, and others)

Chapter 7. How Many Data Are Enough? Estimation of an Optimum Sampling Density in Mining and Environmental Applications, pp. 227-238
(Konstantinos Modis, Konstantinos Komnitsas, School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, and others)

Chapter 8. Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage by a Combined Chemical/Biological Column Apparatus: Mechanisms of Heavy Metal Removal, pp. 239-263
(Francesca Pagnanelli, Ida De Michelis, Michele Di Tommaso, Francesco Ferella, Luigi Toro, Francesco Veglio, Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome Italy, and others)*

Index