As an environmental engineer, your job is to research, design, and implement projects intended to restore and improve environments that have been degraded by abandoned mine drainage.

Use the following resources to establish your position concerning the treatment of abandoned mine drainage:

• The science of abandoned mine drainage
• Abandoned coal mine drainage in Pennsylvania
• Graphs outlining the AMD problem in Pennsylvania
• History of coal mining in Pennsylvania
• Laws and regulations concerning coal mining
• Abandoned mine reclamation: Successes, problems, and lessons learned The Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation (BAMR) discusses successes and problems faced when implementing and monitoring different types of treatment systems for AMD sites.
• Remining coal
• Passive treatment technologies - An overview of the passive treatment systems that are available.
• Active treatment technologies - An overview of the chemicals available to treat AMD.
• Why do some passive treatment systems fail? - Practical advice from an engineer.
  
  

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