Case Study » Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
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Application Type: Monitoring water movement, oxygen content, and temperature at acid rock drainage sites Location: Montana, USA Products Used: 229-L CS615-L 107-L CR10X Contributors: David Johnson, Chris Luckay, and Scott Kranz of Schafer & Associates Measured Parameters: Water movement, oxygen content, and temperatures in waste rock |
Schafer & Associates of Bozeman, Montana are using Campbell Scientific instrumentation to monitor the performance of Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) caps. ARD occurs when water and oxygen react with waste rock from hard rock metal mining. One solution for preventing ARD is to cap waste rock with soil and vegetation. To characterize water content and temperature changes, sensors are installed along a vertical profile within the cap and underlying waste rock. A surface weather station is normally installed to monitor conditions, which can impact the cap performance.
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