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Sugar Land, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas Area

Tyler, Texas

The mining industry produces a multitude of environmental problems through the practice of strip mining. The acidification of surface and ground water, even after reclamation, is an example of such environmental problems. Because acidic water and neutral water look the same to the untrained eye, this issue is often overlooked without doing proper soil, groundwater, and surface water testing and sampling. The objective of the study was to determine the source or cause of the acid mine seep. This… Show more The mining industry produces a multitude of environmental problems through the practice of strip mining. The acidification of surface and ground water, even after reclamation, is an example of such environmental problems. Because acidic water and neutral water look the same to the untrained eye, this issue is often overlooked without doing proper soil, groundwater, and surface water testing and sampling. The objective of the study was to determine the source or cause of the acid mine seep. This study took place in a recently reclaimed area of an undisclosed mining company’s coal mine in east Texas. We concluded that the upper most ground water bearing unit was comprised of an unconfined aquifer dominated by a loamy sand soil that appeared to be oxidized that resulted in acid formation. Show less