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Title : In-situ remediation of acid mine drainage using a permeable reactive barrier in Aznalcóllar (Sw Spain)
Subject : Acid Mine Drainage
Volume No. : 191
Issue No. : 
Author : Oriol Gibert, Tobias Rötting, José Luis Cortina, Joan de Pablo, Carlos Ayora, Jesús Carrera, José Bolzicco
Printed Year : 2011
No of Pages  : 9: 287–295
Description : 

Following on the accident occurred in Aznalcóllar in 1998, whereby a huge amount of acid mine drainage and heavy metal-bearing pyritic sludge was released to the Agrio river valley with the subsequent contamination of groundwater, a subsurface permeable reactive barrier (PRB) was installed to mitigate the long-term impacts by the spillage. The PRB material consisted of a mixture of limestone and vegetal compost. A particular characteristic of the Agrio aquifer is its high water flow velocity (0.5–1 m/d), which may pose difficulties in its remediation using PRB technology. The present study reports the 36-month performance of the PRB. Vertical differences in water velocity were observed within the PRB, with the deeper part being slower and more effective in neutralizing pH and removing heavy metals (Zn, Al, Cu). On the other hand, partial sulfate removal appeard to be restricted to the bottom of the PRB, but with no apparent influence on downgradient water quality. The results are finally compared with the other four reported existing PRBs for AMD worldwide.

 

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