Pit lakes can represent significant liabilities at mine closure. However, depending upon
certain characteristics of which water quality is key, pit lakes often also present opportunities …

Understanding long term water quality and ecological aspects of pit lakes is important in
understanding the risks and opportunities pit lakes present as mine closure legacies. Pit …

Pit lakes are artificial hydrological features created by mining operations that typically suffer
from acid mine drainage (AMD), which not only endangers water quality but also …

Pit lakes are common features of open pit mining and can present significant risks, and yet
can also provide beneficial end use opportunities. Many processes that influence the …

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of the most serious environmental problems and extreme
environments on the earth, with high concentrations of sulphate and dissolved metals. A …

Pit lakes may present significant risks to ecological and human receiving environments but
can also provide beneficial end use opportunities. The understanding of many processes …

Assessment of water quality evolution in the thousands of existing and future mine pit lakes
worldwide requires new numerical tools that integrate geochemical, hydrological, and …

The diel oxygen technique relying on automated in-situ measurements of dissolved oxygen
was used as an indicator of seasonal and diurnal variations of photosynthesis in the …

Mine pit lakes may develop at mine closure when mining voids extend below groundwater
levels and fill with water. Acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD) and salinity are common …

Acid mine drainage represents an extreme type of water pollution. The environments
develop especial hydrochemical and ecological characteristics, such as high concentrations …