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Coal Mining and the Aquatic Environment
(Seminar/Conference)
The symposium addresses the freshwater fauna and their environmental requirements, water quality, coal mining technology, chemistry and toxicology of coal-related processes, abandoned mined land impacts, and innovative environmental control technologies. The geographic focus area is the Tennessee and Cumberland River basins. Sept 5 tours include a choice of a coal operation to learn what is being done to minimize the impacts of mining on water quality or a a canoe trip on the Clinch River to a bio-reserve inhabited by nearly 30 species of freshwater mussels and more than 50 species of fish. More information...
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