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Passive Treatment: Regulations, Design, and NPDES Compliance

  • Mar 14, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Mar 31

Speaker: Tim Danehy, Principal, BioMost Inc.


Presentation Outline

•Regulations

•Effluent limitations (Active vs. Passive).

•Characterization of Drainage (the “talk”)

•Measure the flow.

•Sample raw drainage at the source.

•Parameters needed.

•Passive Treatment System Design

•Understanding the mine drainage.

•Treatment steps to compliance.

•Commentary of Common Issues with Active Treatment (if time allows)

•Increasing acidity by adding caustic without pre-aeration.

•Treating for “good” metals when manganese is the issue.

























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