Biology in Focus: Better Lives Through Better Science: New Hope for Acid Streams
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Abstract
Across the nation, a toxic pollutant turns clean streams orange, kills fish and plant life, and smells like rotten eggs. The culprit is acid mine drainage, the poisonous water leaking from more than 500,000 abandoned and inactive mines in 32 states. The toxic discharge is a problem for operational mines as well. In the Appalachian coal region, for example, acid mine drainage has degraded more than 8,000 miles of streams and has left some aquatic habitats virtually lifeless.
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Biology in focus: better lives through better science: new hope for acid streams; 1998; USGS Unnumbered Series; FS; Watten, Barnaby
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Unnumbered Series |
| Title | Biology in focus: better lives through better science: new hope for acid streams |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| DOI | 10.3133/70045797 |
| Year Published | 1998 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Eastern Ecological Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Public Comments | Original contributing office: Leetown Science Center |
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