Remediation of Historical Mine Sites Technical Summaries and Bibliography

As we all know, many companies have inherited a legacy of mining-related environmental problems, especially those dealing with hard-rock mining sites. Compounding these difficulties is the fact that conventional removal and 'pump and treat' technologies are expensive. There are alternatives, however. This book, copublished with the American Geological Institute, introduces the currently known range of methods that may represent alternatives to traditional technologies. It identifies both existing and developing environmental remediation methods that apply to historical hard-rock mining sites. Each section in the book provides short technical summaries of methods considered promising and potentially suitable for further evaluation and testing. The book is fully indexed and contains a thorough bibliography of related sources and databases.