What does AMD stand for?

Acid Mine Drainage

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Meanwhile, the DEP is considering partnering with Marcellus Shale drillers to build new plants to clean up acid mine drainage in other municipalities.

United states : Hampton mulls taking over DEP mine drainage treatment ...

The many threats to the ecology include greenhouse gases, acid mine drainage, wastewater and invasive plants.

W.Va. univ to create Environmental Research Center

When Formosa Exploration left town, it stuffed tailings back into the mine shafts and sealed the entrances, creating an ideal cauldron for brewing acid mine drainage - which soon flowed through the seals and poured down the mountain at the rate of about 5 million gallons a year.

Riddle drinking water not fouled

Especially mining waste with sulphides has caused large-scale and/or long-term pollution of the environment, because it is able to generate acid mine drainage (AMD).

Abandoned Smolnik mine (Slovakia)--a catchment area affected by ...

The seepage was acid mine drainage from water flowing under coal and mine waste that had been spilled and left on the site when Crellin had been a coal mining town from about 1925 to 1960.

National Winner: repairing and using the environment

Growing Greener initiatives will help maintain and protect the environment and open space, preserve farmland, protect watersheds, reclaim abandoned mines, remediate acid mine drainage and invest in other environmental initiatives.

October observations

Solid Energy has made no progress in reducing Acid Mine Drainage.

Save Happy Valley: protect the climate and a unique wetland ecosystem

The trust will work closely with the Environment Agency in setting up a pilot plant for the treatment of acid mine drainage.

Grant to ancient copper mine