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Coal waste: handling, pollution impacts and utilization ...

2013-1-1 · coal waste management. 3.1. Introduction. Poland is still one of the major producers of hard (bituminous) coal in the world and is currently still the largest producer in the EU. 1 In the 1980s, annual production was about 200 Mt, but from 1990 onwards, hard coal production in Poland started to decrease, so that by 2008 it was only 84 Mt.

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Coal and Water Pollution | Union of Concerned Scientists

2017-12-6 · Water use. All coal plants rely on water. They function by heating water to create steam, which then turns turbines, generating electricity.. But the water must come from somewhere—typically a nearby river or lake. “Once-through” coal plants pump the water directly from a water source, heat it up, then discharge it back.The waste water is typically hotter (by

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Coal waste - Global Energy Monitor

2021-6-7 · Coal mining and coal combustion in power plants produce several types of wastes: The mining process itself produces waste coal or solid mining refuse, which is a mixture of coal and rock.; The mining process also produces liquid coal waste, which is then stored in impoundments.; Pollution control equipment used for coal combustion produces coal ash or fly

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The Trouble and Danger of Coal Wastes in Mong Kung |

2022-1-31 · “The coal wastes are toxic, and when it is raining, the water becomes toxic, and when it is windy, the waste are in the air. Those contaminated water and air could damage our farming. We want the companies to remove those coal wastes,” a native explained the situation to SHAN. Armed conflicts have recently been reported in Mong Kong where ...

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AES Puerto Rico: 20 years of coal ash contamination ...

2022-1-13 · Coal ash --the toxic waste left after utilities burn coal to produce electricity-- has contaminated the island’s air, soil, and water, with the polluter refusing accountability. Applied Energy Services (AES), a multinational company based in Arlington, Virginia, with assets exceeding $33 billion, opened its coal plant in Guayama, Puerto Rico ...

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Waste Coal Fact Sheet v2 - Energy Justice

2007-11-2 · groundwater around waste coal ash dumps has become more contaminated– even by acid drainage in some cases – after ash dumping occurs. The waste coal burning industry's own data shows that waste coal ash does in fact leach metals into groundwater, despite their public assertions. Ash at 2 of 12 facilities

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EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ...

2022-1-12 · U.S. coal plants produce about 100 million tons (90 million metric tons) annually of ash and other waste. The Obama administration regulated the storage and disposal of toxic coal ash for the first time , including a requirement to close coal-ash dumping ponds that were unstable or contaminated groundwater.

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A comprehensive insight into ecological risk assessment ...

2021-11-15 · Ex-situ treatment of metal contaminated coal mine soil with vegetable waste compost. • Bioavailable Cr completely stabilized to the residual fraction in soil matrix. • Ecological risk assessment shows reduced risk of metal toxicity post treatment. • Compost treated mine soil can sustain P. vulgaris growth. •

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EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage

2022-1-12 · U.S. coal plants produce about 100 million tons (90 million metric tons) annually of ash and other waste. The Obama administration regulated the storage and disposal of

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EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ...

2022-1-11 · In 2014, an estimated 39,000 tons of coal ash spewed into the Dan River after a drainage pipe running below a waste dump collapsed

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Coal and Water Pollution | Union of Concerned Scientists

2017-12-6 · Water use. All coal plants rely on water. They function by heating water to create steam, which then turns turbines, generating electricity.. But the water must come from somewhere—typically a nearby river or lake. “Once-through” coal plants pump the water directly from a water source, heat it up, then discharge it back.The waste water is typically hotter (by

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Coal Ash Waste Ponds Contaminated with Heavy Metals ...

2015-11-17 · Coal Ash Waste Ponds Contaminated with Heavy Metals November 17, 2015 High Rock Lake, North Carolina is one of the country’s many dumping grounds for Duke Energy’s unwanted coal ash — the left-over waste from operating a coal-fueled power generation plant.

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Options for recycle/reuse of coal tar contaminated waste ...

1996-12-31 · @article{osti_435451, title = {Options for recycle/reuse of coal tar contaminated waste}, author = {Sawchuck, P W}, abstractNote = {This paper discusses several recycle/reuse opportunities for hazardous and non-hazardous coal tar wastes that may be encountered during the remediation of Coke/By-Products Facilities or at Former MGP Facilities.

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The Environmental Impacts of Coal

2021-2-15 · Coal Combustion Waste (CCW) CCW such as fly and bottom ash, and ‘captured’ pollutants (pollution that has been removed during the coal burning), is normally disposed of in landfill sites or sold for industrial use. For example, Huntly power station sells some of its waste for use in cement. Regardless of how CCW

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Piles of coal waste are contaminating Utah water, soil ...

2015-10-20 · Technically known as coal combustion residuals, this ash is the nation's largest waste stream of hazardous substances, totaling 121 million tons last year. RMP's management practices have contaminated the groundwater near the two-unit 960-megawatt plant, which has operated at the mouth of Huntington Canyon in Emery County since 1973, the letter ...

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Coal mining waste material more than 90% effective at ...

2021-7-22 · Coal mining waste material more than 90% effective at removing heavy metal. A low-value byproduct of the coal mining process is proving highly effective at helping reclaim the land and water used in mining, University of Alberta research shows. Nano humus, a substance extracted from coal mine deposits and then crushed to a black, powdery ...

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VLF MAPPING AND RESISTIVITY IMAGING OF

2012-11-27 · coal waste disposal “Panewniki” Halemba-Wirek Coal Mine using geoelectrical measurements. The first applied method was the VLF (Very Low Frequency) technique. This method, using military signals, allowed to perform the in-phase and the quadrature maps. Data were collected from four study areas located near the coal waste dump.

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Waste Coal Fact Sheet v2 - Energy Justice

2007-11-2 · groundwater around waste coal ash dumps has become more contaminated– even by acid drainage in some cases – after ash dumping occurs. The waste coal burning industry's own data shows that waste coal ash does in fact leach metals into groundwater, despite their public assertions. Ash at 2 of 12 facilities

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Data Shows Massive Pits Of Coal Waste From Missouri ...

2019-2-26 · Coal ash waste likely has contaminated more groundwater than what the data shows, Lipeles said. The EPA will begin requesting groundwater data for ponds that are technically open but not receiving ...

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Diversity of 16S rDNA and naphthalene dioxygenase genes ...

Microbial diversity in four wells along a groundwater flowpath in a coal-tar-waste-contaminated aquifer was examined using RFLP analysis of both 16S rDNA and naphthalene dioxygenase (NDO) genes. Amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA) relied upon eubacteria-specific primers to generate

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Mapping the Coal Ash Contamination | Earthjustice

2021-7-29 · The most studied case of coal ash damage occurred at Belews Lake in North Carolina in the 1970s, when coal ash-contaminated water from an ash pond at Duke Energy’s Belews Creek Steam Station caused a long-term catastrophic

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Management Of Coal Tar Waste and Coal Tar

2001-12-3 · This guidance outlines the criteria wherein coal tar waste and soils and sediment that have been contaminated with coal tar waste from former manufactured gas plants (MGPs) only exhibiting the toxicity characteristic for benzene (D018) may be conditionally excluded from the requirements of 6 NYCRR Parts 370 -374 and 376 when they are destined ...

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AES Puerto Rico: 20 years of coal ash contamination ...

2022-1-13 · Coal ash --the toxic waste left after utilities burn coal to produce electricity-- has contaminated the island’s air, soil, and water, with the polluter refusing accountability. Applied Energy Services (AES), a multinational company based in Arlington, Virginia, with assets exceeding $33 billion, opened its coal plant in Guayama, Puerto Rico ...

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VLF MAPPING AND RESISTIVITY IMAGING OF

2012-11-27 · coal waste disposal “Panewniki” Halemba-Wirek Coal Mine using geoelectrical measurements. The first applied method was the VLF (Very Low Frequency) technique. This method, using military signals, allowed to perform the in-phase and the quadrature maps. Data were collected from four study areas located near the coal waste dump.

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Health effects of coal - Global Energy Monitor

2022-2-8 · Another form of liquid coal waste is acidic mine runoff, as sulfuric acid forms when coal is exposed to air and water. Each year coal preparation creates waste water containing an estimated 13 tons of mercury, 3236 tons of arsenic, 189 tons of beryllium, 251 tons of cadmium, and 2754 tons of nickel, and 1098 tons of selenium.

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Waste Coal Fact Sheet v2 - Energy Justice

2007-11-2 · groundwater around waste coal ash dumps has become more contaminated– even by acid drainage in some cases – after ash dumping occurs. The waste coal burning industry's own data shows that waste coal ash does in fact leach metals into groundwater, despite their public assertions. Ash at 2 of 12 facilities

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A comprehensive insight into ecological risk assessment ...

2021-11-15 · Ex-situ treatment of metal contaminated coal mine soil with vegetable waste compost. • Bioavailable Cr completely stabilized to the residual fraction in soil matrix. • Ecological risk assessment shows reduced risk of metal toxicity post treatment. • Compost treated mine soil can sustain P. vulgaris growth. •

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EPA Announces Enforcement of Coal Ash Pond Clean-up ...

2022-1-12 · More than 1.5 million children live near coal ash storage sites. Furthermore, 70 percent of all coal ash impoundments disproportionately impact low-income communities. Over 1,400 coal ash waste dumps are spread across the country, and in at least 200 cases, the toxic waste is known to have contaminated water sources.

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EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage

2022-1-12 · U.S. coal plants produce about 100 million tons (90 million metric tons) annually of ash and other waste. The Obama administration regulated the storage and disposal of toxic coal ash for the first time, including a requirement to close coal-ash dumping ponds that were unstable or contaminated groundwater.

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EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ...

2022-1-11 · The actions mark the first time the EPA has enforced a 2015 rule aimed at reducing groundwater pollution from coal-fired power plants that has contaminated streams, lakes and underground aquifers.

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