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Friar Tuck acid mine drainage wetland project
| Status | Start Date | End Date | Locations |
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| completed | Jan 1, 2000 | Jun 30, 2015 | Greene |
| Director: | Tracy Branam |
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| Other Researchers: | Peg Ennis, Ron Smith, John Comer | |
| Issue: | Major river systems in southwestern Indiana continue to be degraded by acid runoff from abandoned mine lands. Restoring these riverine ecosystems requires continuing evaluation and appropriate implementation of a variety of acid abatement strategies. | |
| Objective: | The purpose of this project was to abate acid mine drainage that forms at the Friar Tuck site and flows into the Wabash River drainage system. | |
| Approach: | We collected and analyzed bi-monthly the inflow and outflow from a constructed wetland to evaluate the effectiveness of this acid abatement strategy at the Friar Tuck abandoned coal mine site. | |
| Products: | A final report contained an evaluation of the effectiveness of the wetland treatment system in abating acid drainage. | |
| Benefits: | Improvements to existing coal-mine reclamation methods for improving the quality of water flowing from abandoned mines benefited the state of Indiana. |
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