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Water Wheel Article
Acid Mine Drainage: Local solutions for local challenges
Published: 2010
Authors: Jo Burgess
Abstract
Acid mine drainage M ine-water related research has become an important research area for the WRC and millions of Rands are spent every year on projects investigating solutions to one of South Africa’s most complex water pollution dilemmas. The Commission is the newest member of the Global Alliance of research organisations, which supports the activities of the International Network for Acid Prevention. Prior to 1990 most South African mine-water related research was conducted by the now disbanded Chamber of Mines Research Organisation.
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