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Tag: pollution

Minewater Treatment

30th September 2020 Sandra

When an abandoned mine floods with water, dissolving disturbed minerals, it doesn’t just fill up and stop.  The flow can…

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Posted in: Conservation, North East Filed under: environment, mine, pollution, water supply

Is there Gold in the Water?

23rd September 2020 Sandra

You can’t just close the door, or in the case of a mine, cap the shaft, and walk away. In…

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Posted in: North East, Water supply Filed under: mining, pollution, river, water supply

Refilling the Mine

16th September 2020 Sandra

When an underground mine is closed, the shaft is blocked and the surface is tidied up.  There might be some…

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Posted in: Britain - General, Water supply Filed under: groundwater, mining, pollution, water supply

How Clean is the River?

17th July 2019 Sandra

While you have been carrying out your other fieldwork measurements, have you noticed anything in the river that shouldn’t be…

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Posted in: Britain - General, Fieldwork, Rivers Filed under: fieldwork, pollution, river

Managing the Mine

24th October 2018 Sandra

Mining at Shotton is carried out with careful consideration for the environment. Wildlife species are surveyed, before mining begins, so…

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Posted in: Mining, North East, Northumberland Filed under: conservation, dust, environment, mining, noise, pollution

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