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Title: | Buchans ecological engineering treatment assessment : long-term performance evaluation and site visit report (2009) |
Authors: | Kalin, Margarete A. |
Keywords: | decommissioning;Buchans Waste Management area;polishing pond system;Hospital tailings spill area;PHITO;Phosphate Heterotroph Inhibition of Tailings-Oxidation |
Issue Date: | Oct-2009 |
Series/Report no.: | Boojum Technical Reports;AB073 |
Abstract: | The decommissioning effort of the Buchans Waste Management area was carried out by Boojum Research Ltd for ASARCO between 1988 and 1998. A biological polishing pond system was installed treating combined effluents from Orientals, Valley Seeps and Drainage Tunnel. Work in the Hospital tailings spill area addressed the distribution of the metals to a depth of 0.5m and defined the contaminant loading to the Turnpike and the Buchans River. Based on these data a fresh water diversion ditch was constructed and test plots were set up to generate a hardpan below ground, where iron and metals precipitated with phosphate sand and a cover was provided for vegetation to prevent erosion. The test results were very positive and the PHITO (Phosphate Heterotroph Inhibition of Tailings-Oxidation) was implemented prior to the death of G. Neary. Boojum Research Ltd is a research company, developing sustainable decommissioning technology based on Ecological Engineering principles. |
Description: | The decommissioning effort of the Buchans Waste Management area was carried out by Boojum Research Ltd for ASARCO between 1988 and 1998. |
URI: | https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/2892 |
Appears in Collections: | Boojum Technical Reports |
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