Groundwater Quality Monitoring of Western Coal Strip Mining: Preliminary Designs for Active Mine Sources of Pollution

摘要

Three potential pollution source categories have been identified for Western coal strip mines. These sources include mine stockpiles, mine waters, and miscellaneous active mine sources. TEMPO's stepwise monitoring methodology (Todd et al., 1976) is used to develop groundwater quality monitoring designs for each source category. These designs include description of monitoring needs, alternative monitoring approaches, and preliminary recommendations. Generic and example case studies are presented for stockpile and mine water sources. General case considerations are given for miscellaneous sources. Unit cost estimates for the monitoring designs, based on preliminary recommendations, are given.