Suitability of Dredged Material for Reclamation of Surface-Mined Land. Ottawa, Illinois, Demonstration Project.

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Abstract:

This study was conducted to monitor the impact upon water quality when using dredged material to reclaim coal-mine spoil. An area of severely degraded mine spoil near Ottawa, Illinois, was divided into four plots by dikes of spoil material covered with heavy plastic. The plots were arranged into a control plot of untreated mine spoil and three treatment plots that received a 0.9-m-thick cover of dredged material and two of these plots received applications of agricultural lime prior to placement of dredged material. The plots were instrumented with a Parshall flume to measure runoff, pressure-vacuum soil water samplers to collect water samples within the dredged materialmine spoil profile, and two wells in the vicinity of the plots to collect groundwater samples. Author

Author(s):
Harrison, Wyman ; Van Luik, Abraham ; Loon, L. S. ; Tome, Conrad ; Bannister, T. A.
Author Organization(s):
ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB IL
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.,
Pagination:
0152

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
WES/TR/EL-80-7
Contract/Grant Number(s):
WESRF-77-197
Monitor Series:
80-7
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_5.6.3_Assess Achievement of Objectives; JCA_5.6_Monitor; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_3.1.1_Maneuver to Engage; JCA_3.1_Maneuver; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_4.5.4_Requirements Definition; JCA_4.5_Operational Contract Support; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_3.2_Engagement
Modernization Areas:
Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*DREDGED MATERIALS, *COAL MINES, *RECLAMATION, WATER, FIELD TESTS, NUTRIENTS, SURFACES, GROUND WATER, SOILS, WATER QUALITY, EARTH(PLANET), PH FACTOR, RUNOFF, SPOIL, HEAVY METALS, GRASSES, ILLINOIS, EARTHWORK, PLANTING
Field(s)/Group(s):
Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy, Civil Engineering
Keyword(s):
*Land reclamation, Strip mining, Earth surface, Soil water
Report Date:
1980 Jul 01