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Abstract Lower Yellow Creek Restoration Project Application of Sulfate Reducing Biotechnology Dave Minnear, L. Robert Kimball & Associates, Inc. Dennis Remy, L. Robert Kimball & Associates, Inc. Bob Eppley, Blacklick Creek Watershed Association
In the late 1990's the Blacklick Creek Watershed Association began the Lower Yellow Creek Restoration Project to improve the water quality in the Yellow Creek subwatershed. This section has been severly impacted by abandoned mine discharges and run-off from refuse piles. To-date, five passive treatment systems, using two different technologies, have been constructed within the watershed. The presentation will begin by providing background information on the restoration project. Each of the five treatment systems built so far will be discussed in detail. The discussion of each system will include site history, design considerations for each system, construction details, treatment performance, problems encountered, and solutions to the problems. There will be a discussion describing the similarities and differences between a vertical flow reactor (VFR) and a sulfate reducing reator. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of lessons learned from the construction and operation of the systems.
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