Processes affecting the efficiency of limestone, aragonite and dolostone in passive treatments fo...

Waters from mines (acid mine drainage-AMD), contain elevated concentrations of SO-24, Fe and other contaminant metals, which can persist in the environment during centuries. The purpose of AMD treatments is to retain metals and to neutralize the acidity. One of the employed treatment systems is the anoxic limestone drainage (ALD), characterized by low maintenance and cost. The efficiency of the ALD is however limited by secondary mineral precipitation (ppt) causing the passivation (pass) of t...