ENVIMAN Environmental management of hazardous mining wastes and effluents

Country: EU Projects
Start Date:           Duration: 40 months         Project Type: RTD
Contract Number: ICA2-CT-2000-10010
Organisation Type:  EC Project
Topics: 
Brownfields
Contaminated land-->Remediation options-->Remediation options overview
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Exposure pathways
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Risk assessment overview
Contaminated land-->Risk management-->Risk management overview
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater protection overview
Soil-->Soil Overview
Water resources and their management -->Water resources and their management Overview
Project objectives:
The major deliverables of the ENVIMAN project are:     
- A detailed methodology for the characterization of hazardous solid wastes and effluents;     
- The development of an innovative risk assessment methodology;     
- The research on innovative techniques for the remediation of waste dumps and groundwater;     
- The in situ field application of a remediation technology in Russia;     
- The development of an integrated waste management scheme.     
    
The steps followed for the assessment of risk for each of the sites studied included:     
- Release assessment;     
- Exposure assessment;     
-Consequence assessment;     
- Risk estimation. 
            
Project Summary:
Mining activities in Russia, associated with coal and mixed sulphide ores and concentrates generate every year, millions of tons of hazardous wastes, which 
are stockpiled in the vicinity of major cities (Moscow, Ekaterinenburg, etc). These wastes are oxidized, due to the action of precipitation, oxygen and bacteria
and therefore, acidic waters and leachates with a very low pH and high concentration s of heavy and toxic elements are generated. These leachates migrate and
contaminate severely major lakes, rivers and groundwater reservoirs, endangering thus the quality of the environment and the health of million of people.
The present proposal, aims at the development and application of preventative and remedial technologies in order a) to decontaminate the hazardous wastes, b) clean up the effluents and c) isolate hazardous waste dumps, in order to eliminate all these active pollution sources and protect the environment.
Achieved Objectives:

            
Product Descriptions:

            
Additional Information:

            
Project Resources:

Sulphur removal from coal beneficiation wastes

environmental impacts at coal waste disposal sites-efficiency of desulfurization technologies

PREVENTION OF ACID DRAINAGE FROM MINING WASTES FROM A URANIUM DEPOSIT

TREATMENT OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE FROM AN URANIUM DEPOSIT BY MEANS OF A NATURAL WETLAND

TREATMENT OF METAL-CONTAMINATED WATERS BY A PILOT-SCALE CONSTRUCTED WETLAND

GENERATION OF ACID DRAINAGE IN AN URANIUM ORE DEPOSIT

Environmental and economic potential of thermal treatment of high-sulfur coal wastes

CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS IN A NATURAL WETLAND IN A URANIUM DEPOSIT

TREATMENT OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE BY A NATURAL WETLAND
Weblink:
http://www.labmet.ntua.gr/enviman
Funding Programme(s): 
EC Framework Programme 5
Link to Organisations:
Submitted by: EUGRIS Team Dr Stefan Gödeke  Who does what?  18/03/2005 11:54:00
Updated by: EUGRIS Team Professor Paul Bardos  Who does what?  29/09/2006 16:40:00