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Why Mining Causes Water Pollution
By: william douglas arkin
CLANG! SPLOSH! These are the sounds you would hear if you were at a cave while somebody was mining, and if somebody was mining, that could mean that the water near the mine is getting polluted. Would you rather drink normal water or water that has been contaminated with acid mine drainage? The choice is up to you.
When water is near a mining site, you can bet that the water is going to be polluted. Acid mine drainage water looks brownish. When water has not been polluted by acid mine drainage the water looks clearish blue. Mining has impacted thousands of miles of streams and rivers throughout the U.S. Abandoned mines can cause extensive losses of aquatic and habitats and some mining methods may have significant environmental and public health effects. In case you might be wondering this is why this is happening, acid mine drainage refers to the outflow of acidic water from coal or metal mines where ore-or coal mining activities have exposed rock sulfur-herning mineral pyrite. Acid mine drainage forms when metal rusts and falls into the water and then the water is polluted. acid mine drainage refers to the acidic water that is created when sulphide minerals are exposed to air and water, and through a natural chemical reaction, produce sulfuric acid
Environmental Impacts of Mining
The environmental impact of mining includes erosion, formation of sinkholes, loss of biodiversity, and contamination of soil, groundwater and surface water by chmicals from mining processes. In urbanized environments mining may produce noise pollution, dust pollution and visual pollution. Mining can cause physical disturbances to the landscape, creating eyesores such as waste-rock piles and open pits. Such disturbances may contribute to the decline of wildlife and plant species in an area.In addition, it is possible that many of the pre mining surface features cannot be replaced after mining ceases. Mine subsidence (ground movements of the earth's surface due to the collapse of overlying strata into voids created by underground mining) can cause damage to buildings and roads. Between 1980 and 1985, nearly five hundred subsidence collapse features attributed to abandoned underground metal mines were identified in the vicinity of Galena, Kansas, where the mining of lead ores took place from 1850 to 1970.
What can we do to help/stop mining activities
We can help stop mining water pollution by not mining by the water and mining somewhere else. Also, if you see acid mine drainage in the water you should always ask an expert to help, or tell someone from the Environmental Protection Agency. Mining causes so many problems to water so please don’t mine by our water sources!
GLOSSARY
Steven Blackbburn, EPA Expert
Kira Zender, City Planner Expert
Jonathan Yoder, CDC Expert
Ms. Lofstrand, Chemistry Expert
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00501-007-0321-x
https://www.environment.co.za/mining-2/effects-of-mining.html
will and paxes info
http://www.sgs.com/en/mining/site-operations-and-closure/sustainable-process-design/cyanide-destruction/so2-sulfur-dioxide-air
https://www.getepic.com/app/search
https://www.eia.gov/Kids/energy.cfm?page=coal_home-basics
http://technology.infomine.com/reviews/acidminedrainage/welc
ome.asp?view=full
http://technology.infomine.com/reviews/acidmineull
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_mining
http://butane.chem.uiuc.edu/pshapley/Environmental/L33/3.html
http://www.pollutionissues.com/Li-Na/Mining.html
http://www.kidrex.org/
https://ww.google.com/search?q=why+mining+acid+is+acid &rlz=1CAASUJ_enUS757US758&oq=why+mining+acid+is+acid
By: william douglas arkin
CLANG! SPLOSH! These are the sounds you would hear if you were at a cave while somebody was mining, and if somebody was mining, that could mean that the water near the mine is getting polluted. Would you rather drink normal water or water that has been contaminated with acid mine drainage? The choice is up to you.
When water is near a mining site, you can bet that the water is going to be polluted. Acid mine drainage water looks brownish. When water has not been polluted by acid mine drainage the water looks clearish blue. Mining has impacted thousands of miles of streams and rivers throughout the U.S. Abandoned mines can cause extensive losses of aquatic and habitats and some mining methods may have significant environmental and public health effects. In case you might be wondering this is why this is happening, acid mine drainage refers to the outflow of acidic water from coal or metal mines where ore-or coal mining activities have exposed rock sulfur-herning mineral pyrite. Acid mine drainage forms when metal rusts and falls into the water and then the water is polluted. acid mine drainage refers to the acidic water that is created when sulphide minerals are exposed to air and water, and through a natural chemical reaction, produce sulfuric acid
Environmental Impacts of Mining
The environmental impact of mining includes erosion, formation of sinkholes, loss of biodiversity, and contamination of soil, groundwater and surface water by chmicals from mining processes. In urbanized environments mining may produce noise pollution, dust pollution and visual pollution. Mining can cause physical disturbances to the landscape, creating eyesores such as waste-rock piles and open pits. Such disturbances may contribute to the decline of wildlife and plant species in an area.In addition, it is possible that many of the pre mining surface features cannot be replaced after mining ceases. Mine subsidence (ground movements of the earth's surface due to the collapse of overlying strata into voids created by underground mining) can cause damage to buildings and roads. Between 1980 and 1985, nearly five hundred subsidence collapse features attributed to abandoned underground metal mines were identified in the vicinity of Galena, Kansas, where the mining of lead ores took place from 1850 to 1970.
What can we do to help/stop mining activities
We can help stop mining water pollution by not mining by the water and mining somewhere else. Also, if you see acid mine drainage in the water you should always ask an expert to help, or tell someone from the Environmental Protection Agency. Mining causes so many problems to water so please don’t mine by our water sources!
GLOSSARY
- acid mine drainage = acid that is formed when sulfur dioxide is mixed with water
- sulfur dioxide = a chemical that is used when mining .
Steven Blackbburn, EPA Expert
Kira Zender, City Planner Expert
Jonathan Yoder, CDC Expert
Ms. Lofstrand, Chemistry Expert
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00501-007-0321-x
https://www.environment.co.za/mining-2/effects-of-mining.html
will and paxes info
http://www.sgs.com/en/mining/site-operations-and-closure/sustainable-process-design/cyanide-destruction/so2-sulfur-dioxide-air
https://www.getepic.com/app/search
https://www.eia.gov/Kids/energy.cfm?page=coal_home-basics
http://technology.infomine.com/reviews/acidminedrainage/welc
ome.asp?view=full
http://technology.infomine.com/reviews/acidmineull
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_mining
http://butane.chem.uiuc.edu/pshapley/Environmental/L33/3.html
http://www.pollutionissues.com/Li-Na/Mining.html
http://www.kidrex.org/
https://ww.google.com/search?q=why+mining+acid+is+acid &rlz=1CAASUJ_enUS757US758&oq=why+mining+acid+is+acid
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