Assessment of Soil and Water Contamination at the Tab-Simco Coal Mine: A Case Study

Abhishek RoyChowdhury; Dibyendu Sarkar; Yang Deng; Rupali Datta

doi:10.1007/s10230-016-0401-9

Assessment of Soil and Water Contamination at the Tab-Simco Coal Mine: A Case Study

Translated title of the contribution: Assessment of Soil and Water Contamination at the Tab-Simco Coal Mine: A Case Study

Abhishek RoyChowdhury, Dibyendu Sarkar, Yang Deng, Rupali Datta

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In 1996, the Tab-Simco site, an abandoned coal mine 10 km southeast of Carbondale, Illinois, was listed as one of the most highly contaminated AMD sites in the mid-continent region. A suite of impacted soil and water samples were collected from various locations to characterize the current extent of AMD pollution, following standard U.S. EPA protocols. The mean pH of soil and water samples were found to be 2.69 and 2.07, respectively. The mean sulfur content of the soil samples was 0.5 %. The AMD-impacted soils contained high concentrations of Fe, Zn, Ni, Cr, Cu, Pb, and As. The AMD also contained high concentrations of Fe, As, Zn, Pb, Cr, Al, Cd, Cu, and Ni, as well as SO42-, all of which were significantly above their U.S. EPA permissible limits for surface water.

Translated title of the contribution	Assessment of Soil and Water Contamination at the Tab-Simco Coal Mine: A Case Study
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	248-254
Number of pages	7
Journal	Mine Water and the Environment
Volume	36
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10230-016-0401-9
State	Published - 1 Jun 2017

Keywords

Acid base accounting
RCRA 8 metals
Reclamation
Sulfate reducing bioreactor
Surface mining

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