Site-Specific References
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| Title: | Treatment of Acidic, Mine-Associated Discharge to a Lake Using a Permeable Reactive Barrier |
| Author(s): | Bain, J.G.; D.W. Blowes; S.G. Benner |
| Citation: | 1998 American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, 26-29 May, Boston, MA, 1998. |
| Abstract: | Sulfide oxidation in the Nickel Rim Mine tailings, located near Sudbury, Ontario, has released high concentrations of dissolved metals and sulfate to an underlying sand aquifer. A cut and fill system containing organic carbon was installed into the aquifer to intercept and treat the ground-water plume at the site by promoting bacterially mediated sulfate reduction and metal sulfide precipitation. Treated water exiting the wall contains high alkalinity and decreased Fe concentrations. |
| Title: | A Full-Scale Porous Reactive Wall for Prevention of Acid Mine Drainage |
| Author(s): | Benner, S.G.; D.W. Blowes; C.J. Ptacek |
| Citation: | Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation. 17:4 (Fall): 99-107, 1997. |
| Abstract: | A permeable reactive wall was installed into an aquifer impacted by low-quality mine drainage waters in August 1995 at the Nickel Rim mine site near Sudbury, Ontario. The reactive mixture contained organic carbon designed to promote bacterially mediated sulfate reduction and subsequent metal sulfide precipitation. Monitoring data indicate that sulfate reduction and metal sulfide precipitation is occurring. The reactive wall may have the potential to remain effective for at least 15 years, based on calculations derived from comparing laboratory column experiment results to monitoring results. |
| Title: | Porous Reactive Wall for Prevention of Acid Mine Drainage: Results of a Full-Scale Field Demonstration |
| Author(s): | Benner, S.G.; D.W. Blowes; C.J. Ptacek |
| Citation: | 1997 International Containment Technology Conference and Exhibition, 9-12 February, St. Petersburg, FL. 835-843. CONF-970208-Proc. DE98001967, 1997. |
| Abstract: | In August 1995, a porous reactive wall containing a mixed organic substrate was installed within an aquifer at the Nickel Rim mine site near Sudbury, Ontario to treat mine drainage. Sulfate reduction and metal sulfide precipitation is occurring, according to sampling results. The net acid-generating potential of the ground water alters from acid producing to acid consuming after passing through the treatment wall. |
| Title: | Sulfate Reduction in a Permeable Reactive Wall for Prevention of Acid Mine Drainage |
| Author(s): | Benner, S.G.; D.W. Blowes; C.J. Ptacek |
| Citation: | The 213th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA. Preprint Extended Abstracts, Division of Environmental Chemistry. 37:1, 140-141, 1997. |
| Abstract: | Abstract currently unavailable. |
| Title: | In Situ Treatment of Mine Drainage Water Using Porous Reactive Walls |
| Author(s): | Blowes, D.W.; C.J. Ptacek; K.R. Waybrant; J.D. Bain; W.D. Robertson |
| Citation: | The "New Economy": Green Needs and Opportunities. Environment and Energy Conference of Ontario, November 15 & 16, 1994, Toronto, Ontario, 1994. |
| Abstract: | Abstract currently unavailable. |
| Title: | Passive Remediation of Groundwater Using In Situ Treatment Curtains |
| Author(s): | Blowes, D.W.; C.J. Ptacek; J.A. Cherry; R.W. Gillham; W.D. Robertson |
| Citation: | Geoenvironment 2000: Characterization, Containment, Remediation, and Performance in Environmental Geotechnics. American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. Geotechnical special publication 46 (v.2), 1588-1607, 1995. |
| Abstract: | Passive in situ ground-water remedial methods such as porous reactive treatment zones can remove organic and inorganic contaminants from a contaminated plume as it flows on its natural hydraulic gradient through the porous barrier. This paper chiefly provides background information on the technology's development and engineering aspects of the subsurface system. It also briefly describes a field test at the Nickel Rim Mine in Canada using a zone of organic carbon to remove sulfates from a plume of mine-tailings derived ground water. |
| Title: | In Situ Treatment of Mine Drainage Water Using Porous Reactive Walls |
| Author(s): | Blowes, D.W.; C.J. Ptacek; K.R. Waybrant; J.G. Bain. 1995 |
| Citation: | Proceedings, Biominet Annual General Meeting on Biotechnology and the Mining Environment, 26 January 1995, Ottawa, Ontario. 119-128, 1995. |
| Abstract: | Researchers examined the use of reactive walls containing organic carbon to induce bacterially mediated sulfate reduction and subsequent metal-sulfide precipitation at the Nickel Rim Mine Site, Sudbury, Ontario. The small-scale field trial was highly successful, leading to installation of additional test cells. |
| Title: | Treatment of Mine Drainage Water Using In Situ Permeable Reactive Walls |
| Author(s): | Blowes, D.W.; C.J. Ptacek; J.G. Bain; K.R. Waybrant; W.D. Robertson |
| Citation: | Proceedings, Sudbury '95 Symposium on Mining and the Environment, 28 May-1 June 1995, Sudbury, Ontario. V.3, 979-987, 1995. |
| Abstract: | A test cell, simulating a reactive wall, was placed in an aquifer downgradient from the Nickel Rim mine tailings impoundment near Sudbury, Ontario, to passively remove metals and sulfate from the flowing ground water. Various forms of organic carbon were added to the test cell to promote bacterial sulfate reduction and metal-sulfide precipitation. |
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