The treatment of acid mine drainage using vertically flowing wetland: Insights into the fate of chemical species

B Nguegang, V Masindi, TAM Msagati, M Tekere - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, the treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) using vertically flowing wetland was
explored. The wetland was enriched with Vetiveria zizanioides as a decontaminating media …

Assessing the performance of horizontally flowing subsurface wetland equipped with Vetiveria zizanioides for the treatment of acid mine drainage

N Beauclair, V Masindi, TA Msagati Makudali… - Advances in …, 2022 - aet.irost.ir
Contamination of different ecological spheres with acid mine drainage (AMD) has raised
numerous concerns in countries with well-developed mining industries, thus calling for …

Heavy metal removal mechanism of acid mine drainage in wetlands: a critical review

AS Sheoran, V Sheoran - Minerals engineering, 2006 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of the most significant environmental challenges facing the
mining industry worldwide. Water infiltrating through the metal sulphide minerals, effluents of …

Bioremediation of acid mine drainage in constructed wetlands: aspect of vegetation (Typha latifolia), loading rate and metal recovery

S Singh, S Chakraborty - Minerals Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Two constructed wetlands, unplanted (CCW) and planted (PCW) units were investigated to
assess the role of plants (Typha latifolia) and the impact of hydraulic loading rates in the …

Review of constructed wetlands for acid mine drainage treatment

AM Pat-Espadas, R Loredo Portales, LE Amabilis-Sosa… - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
The mining industry is the major producer of acid mine drainage (AMD). The problem of
AMD concerns at active and abandoned mine sites. Acid mine drainage needs to be treated …

[PDF][PDF] Metal retention mechanisms in pilot-scale constructed wetlands receiving acid mine drainage

K Dufresne, C Neculita, J Brisson, T Genty - Proceedings of the 10th …, 2015 - imwa.info
Mining and metallurgical industries are critical to world's economy; however, their
socioenvironmental impacts are not negligible. Often, they have to deal with acid mine …

11 Passive Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage at the Reclamation Stage

CM Neculita, GJ Zagury, B Bussière - 2021 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The main objectives of mine site reclamation are to control the flux of contaminants and to
limit the potential adverse effects on the environment–including the impairment of water …

Field study on heavy metal accumulation in a natural wetland receiving acid mine drainage

K Sasaki, T Ogino, Y Endo, K Kurosawa - Materials Transactions, 2001 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a worldwide environmental problem. AMD arises when mining
activities expose sulfide minerals in mine workings or in the form of tailings or rock dumps, to …

Acid drainage from mines

GA Robb, JDF Robinson - Geographical Journal, 1995 - JSTOR
The drainage of waters from abandoned coal and metal mines is often acidic with an
elevated heavy metal content. Interaction between this acid mine drainage and the …

Effective treatment of acid mine drainage using a combination of MgO-nanoparticles and a series of constructed wetlands planted with Vetiveria zizanioides: a hybrid …

B Nguegang, V Masindi, TAM Makudali… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this novel study, acid mine drainage (AMD) was treated using a hybrid approach
comprising a nano-and-biotic system synergistically integrated in a step-wise and modular …