Development of a wetland treatment system at United Keno Hill Mines, Eisa, Yukon Territory

An adit on the United Keno Hill property discharges water at 1-10 L/sec with 20-30 mg/L (ppm) zinc. This paper describes how a wetland treatment system was developed to passively treat this discharge. Adit water was supplied to a 180 m² pilot-scale wetland at a rate of 18 L/min. The wetland reduced...

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Main Author: Sobolewski, André, 1956-
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10805