SFR Pollution Cleanup (NY Times) for old mines

[kmudgn]

Easy, cheap elegant fix for mine pollution runoff. I suspect it would work elsewhere (Butte?). Nice to see a good story for a change

How West Virginia is Pulling Pollution, and Rare Earths, Out of Its Streams

Abandoned coal mines had left waterways acidic and rusty orange. Local residents are cleaning them up, and recovering valuable minerals in the process.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Bonefish Jack]

A good story, yes. And for me, also a very sad story. I grew up in WV, in Morgantown, which is mentioned several times in the story. Acid mine drainage has killed so many trout (likely tens of millions) in WV, it is, and always has been, heartbreaking for me.