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Remediation of acidic colliery spoil leachate in a hybrid passive treatment system comprising a permeable reactive barrier, ponds and a reedbed (Shilbottle, Northumberland, UK)

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Paul Younger, Mahmoud Moustafa

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Abstract

Highly acidic spoil leachates at the former Shilbottle Grange Colliery site (Northumberland, UK) have been constrained to flow through a permeable reactive barrier (PRB) containing a mixture of limestone gravel, horse manure and composted green waste. Leachates leave the PRB through a seepage face, draining into ponds and a reedbed. Iron concentrations decrease across the system from >800 mg 1-1 to ∼10 mg 1-1. Iron loading reduction is about 98%. While pH rises from 4 to 6 in the PRB, subsequent precipitation of metals as hydroxides and hydroxysulphates leads to the apparent paradox of simultaneous decreases in both total acidity and pH. The PRB removes about 30% of the sulphate (by reductive precipitation of metal sulphides), while the lagoons and reed bed together remove another 20% (as hydroxy-sulphate precipitates). The system as a whole reduces the sulphate content of the raw water by 50%.


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Author(s): Younger PL, Moustafa M

Editor(s): Boshoff, GA; Bone, BD

Publication type: Book Chapter

Publication status: Published

Book Title: Permeable Reactive Barriers

Year: 2005

Volume: 298

Pages: 117-122

Print publication date: 01/01/2005

Publisher: IAHS Press

Place Published: London

URL: http://iahs.info/redbooks/a298/298017.htm

Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item

ISBN: 9781901502237


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