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A COMBINED CHEMICAL AND PHYTOREMEDIATION METHOD FOR RECLAMATION OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE-IMPACTED SOILS
RoyChowdhury, A., D. Sarkar, and R. Datta.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research [Publication online 13 March 2019 prior to print]
This study utilized the metal-binding and acid-neutralizing capacity of an industrial by-product, drinking water treatment residuals (WTRs), and the extensive root system of a metal hyper-accumulating, fast-growing, non-invasive, high-biomass perennial grass, vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides L.) to prevent soil erosion. Aluminum-based and calcium-based WTRs were used to treat acid mine drainage (AMD)-impacted soil collected from the Tab-Simco coal mine in Carbondale, IL. A 4-month greenhouse column study performed using 5% and 10% w/w WTR application rates showed that soil erosion decreased in the soil-WTR-vetiver treatments. A scaled-up simulated field study was performed using 5% WTR application rate and vetiver. Soil pH increased from 2.69 to 7.2, and soil erosion indicators such as turbidity (99%) and total suspended solids (95%) in leachates were significantly reduced. See more on this study in A. RoyChowdhury's dissertation at https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/86/
Environmental Science and Pollution Research [Publication online 13 March 2019 prior to print]
This study utilized the metal-binding and acid-neutralizing capacity of an industrial by-product, drinking water treatment residuals (WTRs), and the extensive root system of a metal hyper-accumulating, fast-growing, non-invasive, high-biomass perennial grass, vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides L.) to prevent soil erosion. Aluminum-based and calcium-based WTRs were used to treat acid mine drainage (AMD)-impacted soil collected from the Tab-Simco coal mine in Carbondale, IL. A 4-month greenhouse column study performed using 5% and 10% w/w WTR application rates showed that soil erosion decreased in the soil-WTR-vetiver treatments. A scaled-up simulated field study was performed using 5% WTR application rate and vetiver. Soil pH increased from 2.69 to 7.2, and soil erosion indicators such as turbidity (99%) and total suspended solids (95%) in leachates were significantly reduced. See more on this study in A. RoyChowdhury's dissertation at https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/86/
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