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Remediation of Abandoned Surface Coal Mining Sites

A NATO-Project

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Alena Mudroch

    1. Dundas, Canada
      Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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  2. Ulrich Stottmeister

    1. Department of Remediation Research, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany

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  3. Christopher Kennedy

    1. Dundas, Canada
      Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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  4. Helmut Klapper

    1. Magdeburg, Germany

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  • The main benefit is the message that abandoned mining sites should not merely be regarded as wasteland but that they harbour an opportunity to start a totally new level of use with a significant positive impact on the economy, ecology and sociological development
  • The methods and projects are described with examples from different countries, allowing readers to compare and to draw their own conclusions
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)

Part of the book sub series: Environmental Engineering (ENVENG)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Introduction

    • Ulrich Stottmeister, Alena Mudroch
    Pages 1-3

  3. Reclamation and Regeneration of Landscapes after Brown Coal Opencast Mining in Six Different Countries

    • Ulrich Stottmeister, Alena Mudroch, Christopher Kennedy, Zdena Matiova, Jacek Sanecki, Ivan Svoboda
    Pages 4-36

  4. Alternatives for the Reclamation of Surface Mined Lands

    • Christopher Kennedy
    Pages 37-56

  5. Mining Lakes: Generation, Loading and Water Quality Control

    • Helmut Klapper
    Pages 57-110

  6. Development Prospects for the Post-Mining Landscape in Central Germany

    • Sabine Linke, Lutz Schiffer
    Pages 111-149

  7. Now We Have a Future, People Can Also Speak of the Past — Living Next to an Opencast Mine

    • Sigrun Kabisch, Sabine Linke
    Pages 150-160

  8. Art Projects in Post Mining Landscapes: Visions Became Reality

    • Ulrich Stottmeister
    Pages 161-169

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 170-175
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Christopher Kennedy University of Toronto, Department of Civil Engineering, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S IA4 Coal is a valuable resource. It provides a significant amount of the World's energy supply and it is the basis for many industries. However, in areas where coal lies close to the Earth's surface and has been exploited by open cast tech­ niques, radical alterations of landscape and significant impacts on the envi­ ronment have occurred. This report was prepared to provide guidance to those who are responsible for the prevention of environmental effects from surface mining and for the restoration of the mining areas. Environmental problems of surface coal mining and restoration of the mine sites are discussed in the re­ port. Particular attention is given to Eastern Europe, which continues to be a major centre of opencast lignite mining. Reclamation of mined lands for for­ estry, agriculture and wildlife is briefly discussed. However, the shear volume of coal removed from many mines in Eastern Europe is so vast, that there is often insufficient overburden material to refill the pits. Consequently, the main focus of this report is on the creation of lakes in these former surface mines. Many problems have to be overcome in creating healthy lakes for recreation or wildlife. Guidelines for treating water quality problems and further devel­ opment of lakes are provided. Techniques for dealing with acidic, waters, eutrophication and contamination are discussed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dundas, Canada

    Alena Mudroch, Christopher Kennedy

  • Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Alena Mudroch, Christopher Kennedy

  • Department of Remediation Research, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany

    Ulrich Stottmeister

  • Magdeburg, Germany

    Helmut Klapper

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