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Acid mine drainage (AMD) poses a serious challenge to the ecosystem due to its disastrous effect on soil and water resources which contributes to the pollution and reduction of the accessibility of potable water and arable land for agricultural activities. The treatment of contaminated soils using physical, chemical, or thermal methods requires some improvements to meet the required remediation purpose. The purpose of this study is to investigate the application of bioattenuation, wastewater, and air-injection for the remediation of AMD polluted soils. A microcosm comprising 1 kg of polluted soil was amended with varying loadings of domestic and brewery wastewaters for biostimulation treatments, and the bioattenuation received no amendment while the bioventing treatment was supplied with wastewaters and atmospheric air at 3 L/min for 30 mins intervals every 48 h. The investigation conducted under the …