Innovative Technology Grant Final Reports

In October 2006, BAMR issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) (No. OSM PA(AMD-06)) for the demonstration or implementation of new or innovative in-situ or ex-situ treatment or abatement technologies or enhanced metals recovery for acid mine drainage (AMD). In June 2007, BAMR entered into agreements with four applicants. The demonstration projects and final reports were completed by 2010:

• Aeration Terraces for Biological low-pH Iron(II) Oxidation of Acid Mine Drainage (PDF)
  
• "ELF" Inter-mine Pool Transfer, Abatement or Reuse (PDF)
  
• Enhanced Iron Removal for Recovery from Aerobic Ponds Using Retrofit Lasaire Aeration (PDF)
  
• Broad Top Township Steel Slag Evaluation Final Report (PDF)
  

 

BAMR issued a January 2005 RFP (No. OSM PA(AMD-04)) as an initiative to promote the implementation of new technologies, and to promote economic development or industrial application of mine pools and abandoned mine lands, and awarded seven contracts. The demonstration projects and final reports were completed by 2009:

• Optimizing the Design and Operation of Self-flushing Limestone Systems for Mine Drainage Treatment (PDF)
  
• St. Marys Pressed Metals/DEP Sludge to Powder Metal Final Report  (PDF)
  • Appendix (PDF)
• Manganese Resource Recovery Final Technical Report (PDF)
  • Manganese Resource Recovery Video (WMV)
• Use of Iron Oxides Produced from the Treatment of Coal Mine Drainage as Adsorbents to Remove Phosphorus from Secondary Wastewater Effluent ( PDF)
  
• Innovative Enhanced Metals Recovery from Acid Mine Drainage (PDF)
• In Situ Treatment of Abandoned Mine Drainage Utilizing Indigenous Bacteria in A Reduced Environment (PDF)

 

DEP awarded a Growing Greener grant in 2006 for one other innovative technology demonstration project. Completed in 2009, this project demonstrated an advanced water treatment technology to purify AMD:

• AMD Value Extraction Process (PDF)